In the fall of 1994 I made a visit to the famous Sand Patch grade. Traffic was plentiful that day and the weather and fall color was fantastic. While predecessor colors were still fairly common I ... (more)

"The Lurgan Local"
CSX 8570 an EMD SD50-2 rebuild leads the Chambersburg, PA local down the high line of the old Western Maryland Lurgan as it approaches New Franklin on it's ... (more)

After meeting a couple northbounds, Q541 gets an approach signal to follow K803 south.

The conductor is climbing down from the Sand Patch helper. He'll get the switches lined so 8570 can shove a manifest up the hill. It looks as if walking around in that deep snow is not fun. 2507 a... (more)

Consecutively numbered 8570 and 8571 lead Q241 off the old C&O line on the connector track to head west on the former B&O through Fostoria. I later learned that the 8570 caught fire west of here ... (more)

The Keyser helper has one task, but it's a daunting one - shoving westbounds up the tortuous Seventeen Mile Grade.

Q148 had a restricting proceed at Sodem, in order to add a helper at Greene Jct. The slow speed of the train allowed this flashbulb-assisted shot.

Q137 emerges from Falls Cut Tunnel on CSX’s Keystone Sub. (Sandpatch Grade). Q137 is running reverse rail this morning due to a broken rail on track 1 at CP Foley.

This vantage point was once a steel mill, today it is a Lowe's parking lot. The old Carrie Furnace is visible at the extreme right, this blast furnace used to provide molten steel for the Homeste... (more)

CSXT Southbound Freight Train at South Woodland, Ga. on CSXT'S Fitzgerald Sub