Returning from servicing Delaware Lackawana's largest customer, Compression Polymers on the Minooka industrial Track, LL1 descends toward downtown Scranton crossing over Roaring Brook. Scranton i... (more)
A recent visit to Birmingham made me go back and review some old slides. At first glance, the new Birmingham Terminal Railway which now operates this line seemed mostly the same. Then I took a l... (more)
A westbound Southern Railway freight enters the Nantahala Gorge in October 1979. This location is within a few hundred feet of where the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad trains now make their stop a... (more)
Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited departs historic Harpers Ferry, WV, on a cool fall morning, as seen from the Loudon Heights overlook.
This photo, taken by the late Hank Stuart, Jr., was taken at Tacoma, VA, on the Interstate's main line from Norton to Miller Yard, VA. The two colorful RS-3s on this "Hill Crew" are handling a rou... (more)
N&W Train 5, operating between Bluefield, W. Va. and Norton, Va., crosses trestle #1398 three miles from Coeburn, Va. in fall colors on Oct. 28, 1956. Class E2a 578 is one of two Pacific 4-6-2's... (more)
In August 1958, three Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis EMD GP7s are in full throttle and on sand as they shove behind the caboose of a northbound through freight just above Tantallon, TN. This i... (more)
In early 1953, the Interstate Railroad was testing diesels to find the best replacements for its steam locomotives. Borrowed C&O RSD-5 has just returned from Miller Yard with a Hill Crew--bringing... (more)
A northbound SBVR freight train was nearing Green Spring, WV on Oct. 20, 1980 with MRS-1 No. 28.
Headed south on the Winston-Salem line, a geep drags a couple of cars across the ex-Virginian mainline.
Running along the South River; 9 months earlier, this area was underwater due to flooding when the remnants of Hurricane Camille passed through Central Virginia
The Silver Star.
RF&P always kept their E8s clean! This is Amtrak's Silver Star crossing the South Anna River.
The Silver Star flying around a superelevated curve.
One of my favorite short lines, unfortunately now abandoned. It is a few miles from the interchange with the Southern at Tye River.
