Now arriving Clifton Forge. A COHS / Fire and Light / Me production. (Yes we forgot to line the switch back after moving other rolling stock out of the way)

Southbound C&O freight at Alexandria, VA || July 1957 Photo by Bob Drake, Tom Sink Collection

It is the summer of 1970 less than a year before Amtrak, and C&O 4027 and 4016 wait for their train at Cincinnati Union Terminal.

Eastbound C&O passenger train George Washington rounding the curve at Quinnimont with a C&O 2-6-6-2 resting to the right. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

A nice wave from the engineer

Westbound emerging from the very short Little Rock Tunnel just east of Afton

A rare sighting of a U30C on 491; usual power at this time was three SD40s

An especially long 20 car George Washington needed four E8s instead of the usual three

The March 7, 1981 Family Lines Rail System Safety Express ran round trip from Orlando, Fl to Ybor City (Tampa), a distance of about 90 miles one way. Chesapeake & Ohio 614 was the power for this t... (more)

The March 7, 1981 Family Lines Rail System Safety Express ran round trip from Orlando, Fl to Ybor City (Tampa), a distance of about 90 miles one way. Chesapeake & Ohio 614 was the power for this t... (more)

The March 7, 1981 Family Lines Rail System Safety Express ran round trip from Orlando, Fl to Ybor City (Tampa), a distance of about 90 miles one way. Chesapeake & Ohio 614 was the power for this t... (more)

The last word in C&O Steam, and the first word in C&O road power rest by the built to C&O standard JD cabin at the C&O Heritage Center, located in the former Smith Creek Yard. A 45 second exposur... (more)

The Tidewater section of the eastbound Sportsman makes the station stop at Gordonsville. The station was unique, sitting in the middle of a wye.