M276 heads east with a solid YN2 consist. Note the former WM bridge visible in the distance.

L101 winds along the Potomac as it prepares to enter the Randolph Tunnel.

CSX I115 heads over the Potomac River from Maryland into West Virginia with a SD70MAC rebuild leader and a nice solid string of Amazon Prime containers.

CSX L102 (Hagerstown-Cumberland) heads over the Potomac River into Maryland with its train.

E748, on the heels of the Capitol Limited, heads west into Maryland on the Magnolia Cutoff.

The sun pops out of the clouds as L102 heads west towards Cumberland. This train is a Hagerstown-Cumberland local that is typically later in the day, closer to sunset.

An empty coal train heads west over the Magnolia cutoff. This train is coming from a coal plant in South Carolina.

Empty ethanol train B77419 heads past the "wall" on the Magnolia cutoff along the Potomac River with CN leaders.

The westbound "Capitol Limited" passes over the Magnolia Cutoff and the Potomac River on a nice summer evening.

Veteran unit 537 leads a mixed freight out of Carothers Tunnel as it heads for Cumberland for.a crew change before heading west.

Lead by unit 5261, a westbound intermodal blasts out of the Carothers tunnel in Paw Paw, WV.

In a parade of trains (8 trains in 2 hours), two somewhat fresh rebuilds lead a CSX coal train. Interestingly, about half way back there were 3 mid-train DPU's then a large cut of (presumed empty... (more)

The "Capitol Limited" rolls through the "Magnolia Cutoff" on a warm summer morning with the P1 Heritage unit leading.

A westbound freight accelerates out of Carothers Tunnel and past the CPLs that so defined former B&O territory at one time. Carothers is the westernmost of four tunnels that were part of the Magno... (more)

An eastbound CSX intermodal crosses the Potomac River into Maryland from West Virginia