At dawn, a manned helper set of SD40E's pops out of the New Portage Tunnel and heads down "The Slide" on the journey back to Altoona to help another train up the mountain. This is the steepest gra... (more)

Just before sunup in frosty downtown Keystone, W.Va., NS's Interstate heritage unit shoves train No. 776 up Elkhorn Grade, with locomotives in notch-8, awakening the sleeping mining community on a... (more)

Pusher Service! Western Maryland 2-8-0 729 is earning its keep helping a freight up the former Cumberland & Pennsylvania line toward Frostburg, seen here crossing the second of two bridges ... (more)

On a stunningly beautiful Autumn afternoon, hill-run job No. U85 struggles upgrade across massive Garwood Trestle along the former Virginian Railway east of Mullens, W.Va. The scenery in this terr... (more)

R.J. Corman runs a empty coal train up to the loadout at Pax.

On a cold December afternoon, MTY's cross the Little Coal River via Blue Tom Tunnel. Gotta be a story there somewhere...

CSX D797 passes through Gettysburg, PA behind the former Western Maryland Railway Station (former Gettysburg Railroad) which saw to President Abraham Lincoln's arrival and departure for dedication... (more)

Q416 heads towards Brunswick Yard for a crew change before the final leg to cumberland, MD.

The NS 1057 leads the NS 751 west as it crosses Coopers Trestle near Bramwell, WV just before entering Elkhorn tunnel.

Gliding past the former Baltimore & Ohio Color Position Lights, Amtrak train, no. 30 the Capitol limited moves eastbound after leaving the yard through Mexico Farms.

The Fall colors have passed their peak, but the colorful lashup of a railroad in post-merger transition adds to the mix.

Yard Master takes time out to talk to a local and his boy who were watching the crew of Western Maryland 2-8-0 # 734 finish their switching. This action made Possible by Pete Lerro during a night... (more)

Q359 slowly makes its way through Fairhope on a very rainy, dreary, Saturday evening.

In an absolutely gorgeous setting, No. 820 drops downgrade through Kumis, Va., with a heavy coal drag bound for the ports at Norfolk, as the whine of dynamics disrupt the tranquility of the scene.... (more)