Old school...
Looking mighty forlorn due to extensive vandalism and site flooding. Thankfully, it was rescued by the Illinois Railway Museum and now resides in Union, IL.
You never know who will show these days while out taking photos of trains...a dragon shows up in the middle of no where to check out a cat in the form of a Chessie System SD18.
Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 No 1629 was built by the Lima Locomotive Company in 1944, one of 25 Alleghenies in the third order of these locomotives. These H-8 Class single-expansion articulateds had... (more)
C&O SD18 #7311 sits idle at Wellsboro Indiana.
An employee flags the crossing as the "Presidential Special" arrives in Clifton Forge on a rainy night in the late 1950's. A COHS / Fire and Light / Me Production.
While waiting for a Southern steam special above, a bonus grab shot is recorded of C&O action below along the James River. Who knew it'd someday become a classic? For a view of all the action th... (more)
C&O E8 4016 at Cincinnati, June 1967 - Bob Drake photo, collection of Tom Sink
C&O 614 in "cammo" while being painted green for the Greenbrier Presidential Express
A cab shot of C&O 5828 a EMD GP7 on display at the C&O railway heritage center.
Nearing the end of it’s 190 mile roundtrip to Port Jervis, Ross Roland storms the Hackensack River at track speed. The lump on the tender top is a crewman shaking some coal loose to feed the sto... (more)
Power for this evening's eastbound "George Washington"