A single GP15T is seen from the Ashland Avenue Control Tower pulling a cut of cars west out of Barr Yard. Note the strings of retired first-generation diesels on the north end of the yard. Jim M... (more)

With railfan and State Line Tower operator Dick Grobner documenting the scene from the ground, a Chesapeake & Ohio rail train is in the process of removing the former C&O/EL mainline from Griffith... (more)

Chesapeake and Ohio EMD GP7 #5828 on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center at Smiths Creek Yard in Clifton Forge, VA. C&O #5828 was built in 1952 by General Motors Electro-Motive Divison.

Pan view of the C&O 614 performing one of several full track speed runbys through the site of the old Erie RR yard. The 614's train of NJT Comet coaches and several private cars originated in Hob... (more)

EMD’s GP39 was a limited-production model, only penetrating the rosters of three railroads. Industrial Kennecott Copper bought one, shortline Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay purchased two, and Class 1... (more)

Doing exactly what they were purchased to do, a pair of Chessie SD50’s brings a trainload of tidewater-bound coal through Hinton, West Virginia on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line. SD50’s gaine... (more)

A pair of EMDs lead a vehicle train past the former depot at Wellsboro. Tom Golden photo.

On this day in June, C&O 614 led a Chessie Steam Special from Hartsford, Michigan, to Barr Yard in Riverdale, IL. Tom Golden photo.

If you're looking for a place to relax and watch trains go by, the railroad town of Russell has plenty of attractions on site for the railfan at heart. Along with the restored passenger depot & i... (more)

Famed L&N rail historians Ron Flanary and Charlie Castner pose in front of C&O 2716 which was temporarily cosmetically altered to look like an L&N M-1 engine for the L&N Historical Society Convent... (more)

The former C&O station in Lee Hall, VA basks in beautiful sunlight after it's restoration and movement across the mainline. Soon C&O #2756 will be moved from nearby Huntington Park and placed on ... (more)

The massive backhead of C&O "Allegheny" 1604 on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD.

Chesapeake and Ohio caboose #3260 is spotted with a fresh coat of paint in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard in Staunton, Virginia.

These FP7 units (8000-8013) purchased in A-B-A lashups like C&O's F7s, were intended to be freight units capable of being pressed into passenger service whenever needed. These units were painted ... (more)

The Baltimore and Ohio never had a 4-8-4 on its roster. Only three times did a Northern conquer Seventeen Mile Grade on the St. Louis main line. In 1977, former Reading T-1 2101 pulled a Cumberla... (more)