CSX K673 is on the bridge built in the 1930s which required the widening of the tunnel. The bridge in the foreground was built in the 1890s and was the second alignment that replaced the original ... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Capitol Limited prepares to make it's daily stop at Harpers Ferry, WV as it crosses the famed Potomac River on the first day of Spring in 2018 during heavy snowfall.

CSX work train, and with hoppers loaded with ballast, led by the GE ES44AC-H locomotive No.894, crosses the tunnel and bridge of Cumberland Subdivision over the Potomac river, in the historic and ... (more)

The CSX "Rock Runner", on a beautiful day in the historic town of Harpers Ferry, heads down the CSX Shenandoah Subdivision and passes through the wooden trestle built in 1850 by the Winchester and... (more)

Hilltop View in Harpers Ferry offers a wide view of the confluence of rivers Shenandoah and Potomac, and also the exit of the trains through the tunnel under Maryland Heights. A westbound CSX auto... (more)

CSX Q276 passes through Harpers Ferry, WV and by the 1894 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station designed by E. Francis Baldwin. The building itself is owned by the National Park Service who restored... (more)

Having begun the return journey to Baltimore at Martinsburg, West Virginia, the eastbound Chessie Safety Express makes a station stop at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Some passengers rode t... (more)

The westbound Chessie Safety Express crosses the Potomac River as it slows for a station stop at Harpers ferry, West Virginia. Passengers were given the option of riding to Martinsburg or s... (more)

The pre-Superliner Capitol Limited accelerates away from historic Harpers Ferry, in this view from the aerie of Maryland Heights. Old John Brown's (relocated) "fort" is on the left, and... (more)

Classic spot! But not for me in my first travel to USA. A westbound CSX autorack train crosses the tunnel and bridge of Cumberland Subdivision over the Potomac river, in the historic and beautiful... (more)

A late running Capitol Limited from Chicago rounds the curve into the Harpers Ferry Amtrak station.

CAPITOL CONFLUENCE This view from Split Rock atop Loudoun Heights overlooking Harpers Ferry, WV and the Potomac Shenandoah Water Gap through the Blue Ridge Mountains on this absolutely gorgeous F... (more)

A short freight crosses the Potomac at Harpers Ferry. The town itself is nestled on the steep hill sides between the Potomac (foreground) and the Shenandoah River (left background). The view is fr... (more)

An eastbound coal train rounds the curve approaching Harpers Ferry, WV.

Covered hoppers off the Shenandoah Sub, led by GP40-2 No. 6486, pauses as Amtrak's Capitol Limited, Amtrak P030, charges away from the Harpers Ferry station. View is from Maryland Heights.