https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/aircraft/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20240610-img_2133.jpg20240610-IMG_2133https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20240610-img_1992.jpg20240610-IMG_1992https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20240610-img_1906-enhanced-nr.jpgONE OF A KIND: The Fairchild XNQ-1ONE OF A KIND: The Fairchild XNQ-1https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250607-img_4465.jpgWHISTLING DEATHWHISTLING DEATHhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250922-img_1382.jpgTHE WAY OF THE GUNTHE WAY OF THE GUNhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250922-img_0847-2-3.jpgFINAL FLIGHT, FINAL TAXI, FINAL MISSION... WELCOMED HOMECOMINGFINAL FLIGHT, FINAL TAXI, FINAL MISSION... WELCOMED HOMECOMINGhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250914-img_9696-3.jpgTHUNDERBIRDS STACKEDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250914-img_9691-3.jpg20250914-IMG_9691-3https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250914-img_9616-2.jpg20250914-IMG_9616-2https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250914-img_2836-2.jpgT33 "SHOOTING STAR"2025-09-27T21:19:35+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/shortlines/sbvr/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-30_05-26-03.jpg2023-10-30_05-26-03https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-30_05-25-45.jpg2023-10-30_05-25-45https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190821-dji_0050.jpg20190821-DJI_0050https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190821-dji_0042.jpg20190821-DJI_0042Making one of the many crossings of it's namesake, the South Branch Valley Railroad is seen over the Potomac near Romney, WV.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190821-dji_0037.jpg20190821-DJI_0037With the small community of Vanderlip behind them, the South Branch Valley RR runs along the bottom of High Apple Mountain as it approaches Romney, WV.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190821-dji_0025.jpg20190821-DJI_0025The days train on the South Branch Valley Railroad passes north thru Vanderlip just west of Romney, WV on its way from Moorefield to Green Spring on Wednesday August 21, 2019.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/33193653588_d5f343c969_o.jpg33193653588_d5f343c969_ohttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180827-dji_0553.jpg20180827-DJI_0553DARGON, WVhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180827-dji_0524.jpg20180827-DJI_0524MOOREFIELD, WV2023-10-30T21:27:55+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/night-visions/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180906-img_7457-2.jpg20180906-IMG_7457-2https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180906-img_7442-2.jpg20180906-IMG_7442-2https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180906-img_7423-2.jpg20180906-IMG_7423-2https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20170819-img_5352.jpg20170819-IMG_5352My daughters wave to the oncoming train. Here is Q138 with Kansas City Southern "Southern Belle" 4771 at the front passing by the station in Martinsburg.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20170806-img_5181-hdr.jpg20170806-IMG_5181-HDRhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150805-img_9923.jpgSTEEL ROAD TO THE STARSSTEEL ROAD TO THE STARShttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150603-img_1554.jpgThe Winchester and Western switcher crew approaches Clear Brook from Winchester on it's return journey back to Corning Yard as the clock strikes midnight. Track side stands the 1940's former Clear Brook Feed and Supply MillALL THAT SHIMMERS IS GOLDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150521-img_0402.jpgWinchester and Western GP38-2 2197 glides on the rails of the former Cumberland Valley Railroad approaching milepost 99 seen in the distance. The train is in the midst of about 5 miles of straight tangent rails between Pikeside and Inwood. The milepost marks 99 miles in distance to Harrisburg, PA.W&W HYPERDRIVEhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150319-img_6562.jpg20150319-IMG_6562Literally... A Loram rail grinder works on the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch. The "grinding" removes blemishes and prolongs the life of a rail. Paced alongside going 10 mph on parallel road.RAILS ON FIREhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150313-img_61661.jpgReturning to Corning Yard after a Friday evening trek to Hagerstown. 86 rolls past an already made up Winchester turn.WINCHESTER AND WESTERN AFTER DARK2023-06-10T18:33:45+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/csx/csx-miscellanious/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180513-img_1798.jpg20180513-IMG_1798https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180513-img_1746.jpg20180513-IMG_1746https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180507-img_1305.jpg20180507-IMG_1305https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180430-img_0628.jpg20180430-IMG_0628JOHN STREET MARTINSBURG, WV SOUTHBOUNDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180426-img_0247.jpg20180426-IMG_0247https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180423-img_9942.jpg20180423-IMG_9942INDIAN HOLLOW WESTBOUNDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180423-img_9917.jpg20180423-IMG_9917GAP RUN WESTBOUNDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180423-img_9882.jpg20180423-IMG_9882ROUND HILL WESTBOUNDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180423-img_9837.jpg20180423-IMG_9837WINCHESTER WESTBOUNDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180423-img_0080.jpg20180423-IMG_0080ROUND HILL WESTBOUND2023-06-10T18:33:04+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/harpersferry/2023-06-10T18:32:12+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/heritage/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180612-img_8681.jpg20180612-IMG_8681https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20180122-img_2831.jpg20180122-IMG_2831https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20180122-img_2818.jpg20180122-IMG_2818https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20180122-img_2789.jpg20180122-IMG_2789https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20171216-img_1085.jpg20171216-IMG_1085https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20171216-img_1021.jpg20171216-IMG_1021https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20171126-img_0045.jpg20171126-IMG_0045https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20171126-img_0010.jpg20171126-IMG_0010https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20171113-img_9435.jpg20171113-IMG_9435https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20171113-img_9384.jpg20171113-IMG_93842023-06-10T18:30:10+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/east-broad-top-railroad/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230218-img_8450-2-edit-2-denoise-clear.jpg20230218-img_8450-2-edit-2-denoise-clearhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230218-img_8364-2-edit-2-denoise-denoise.jpg20230218-img_8364-2-edit-2-denoise-denoisehttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230218-dji_fly_20230218_121410_961_1676740936263_photo.jpg20230218-dji_fly_20230218_121410_961_1676740936263_photohttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230218-dji_fly_20230218_104010_947_1676740962147_photo.jpg20230218-dji_fly_20230218_104010_947_1676740962147_photohttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230218-img_7349.jpg20230218-img_7349https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230218-dji_fly_20230218_090018_933_1676741026411_photo.jpg20230218-dji_fly_20230218_090018_933_1676741026411_photoPhotographed on the morning of February 18, 2023 during the first run of the railroad's 2023 Winter Spectacular. After a 2 1/2 year restoration and making its first public runs, East Broad Top 2-8-2 #16 rolls over Long Fill on its way back to Orbisonia, PA with a short freight consist to help kick off the weekend's festivities!https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230218-dji_fly_20230218_085942_921_1676741068336_burst.jpg20230218-dji_fly_20230218_085942_921_1676741068336_burstPhotographed on the morning of February 18, 2023 during the first run of the railroad's 2023 Winter Spectacular. After a 2 1/2 year restoration and making its first public runs, East Broad Top 2-8-2 #16 rolls over Long Fill on its way back to Orbisonia, PA with a short freight consist to help kick off the weekend's festivities!https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201024-img_8081-2.jpg20201024-IMG_8081-2https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201024-img_7521.jpg20201024-IMG_7521https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201024-img_6750.jpg20201024-IMG_67502023-02-22T03:02:11+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/csx/2022-11-26T20:28:29+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20220917-img_5034.jpg20220917-IMG_5034https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20120930-img_3973.jpgTHE LAWTHE LAWhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20141017-img_1268.jpgBACK CREEK CROSSING - GORE, VAOn original W&W trackage, power pushes about 30 empties west from Gore to the sand mine under peak fall foliage color. The Winchester & Western tracks originally ran another 20 some miles to Wardensville, VA but was cut at the sand mine in 1944 after traffic and timber resources declined.2022-11-26T20:21:50+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/night-signals/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20190607-img_7732-2.jpg20190607-IMG_7732-2JAMESTOWN: My final shot of any of the PRR position light signals on the West Slope before they were retired and removed. NS 746 approaches the Jamestown Road bridge and the 257 signals just after 4am on June 7, 2019.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20171015-img_7329.jpg20171015-IMG_7329The PRR Position Light Signals at Lilly, PA overnight in October, 2017 as the light from an approaching eastbound pierces through the night air and stars slowly fade. Of note is the contraption to the left center of an old pulley system used by the PRR to allow water to the locomotives since Lilly was a water stop and full interlocking on the West Slope.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20171015-img_7153.jpg20171015-IMG_7153With a coal train stopped at CP GRAY. an eastbound intermodal approaches the PRR signals at Tipton, PA. Why was the coal train important? Because it was still in the block and kept the westbound signals lit.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20171015-img_7104.jpg20171015-IMG_7104An eastbound manifest turns the corner around the curve on the PRR mainline through Mapleton, PA as it turns out, an empty hopper train enters the westbound block at Jacks and activates the 193W signals.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20170924-img_6511.jpg20170924-IMG_6511The signals at Dickerson, MD on the CSX Metropolitan Sub early on Sunday, Sept 24, 2017.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20170924-img_6392.jpg20170924-IMG_6392Tuscarora signals on the CSX Metropolitan Subhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20170220-img_6585.jpg20170220-IMG_6585PT2572https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20170220-img_6531.jpg20170220-IMG_6531A loaded Norfolk Southern coal train 590 destined for the port of Baltimore passes under this classic Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at Summerhill, PA just after midnight on February 20, 2017.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20170218-img_5933.jpg20170218-IMG_5933SIGNAL TO THE STARS Twenty-Seven and a half minutes elapse in this collection of four shots layered together as the Pennsy signal bridge at AR (Allegheny Range) stands tall against the backdrop of the swirling night sky and the North Star. This signal stands close to the Pennsylvania Railroad's summit across the Eastern Continental Divide 2,167 feet above sea level and lets eastbound crews know half the journey over the mountains is complete before they enter Portage Tunnel and into "The Slide" and down the mountain.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20151015-img_5285.jpgEastbound trains when seeing these signals know they have reached the summit of the Alleghenies on the former PRR mainline. From here it's all downhill."AR" SUMMIT2022-11-26T19:57:42+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/shortlines/ww/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20190912-dji_0434.jpg20190912-DJI_0434The Sandman pulls up the grade at Round Hill west of Winchester on the afternoon of Thursday, September 12, 2019.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20200702-dji_0548.jpg20200702-DJI_0548Two GP38 models lead the eastbound Winchester and Western "Sandman" run from Gore, VA to Winchester and is seen here climbing the grade of Gainsboro Hill as it approaches the summit on the hot and humid afternoon of July 2, 2020.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190903-dji_0293.jpg20190903-DJI_0293https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190903-dji_0268.jpg20190903-DJI_0268Stretching across Back Creek Valley with 15 empties in tow, the Sandman turns towards US Route 50 and it's western terminus at Gore, VA on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190903-dji_0267.jpg20190903-DJI_0267On Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 we find the Winchester and Western turning from Hogue Creek, the "Sandman" runs into Indian Hollow to begin the westward climb up Gainesboro Hill, the final natural barrier between Winchester, VA and Gore.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190903-dji_0260.jpg20190903-DJI_0260The Winchester and Western strolls through Winchester, VA with empties in tow for the sand mine at Gore on Tuesday September 3, 2019.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190626-img_1788.jpg20190626-IMG_1788https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190626-dji_0148-2.jpg20190626-DJI_0148-2The conductor of 86 looks down on the Potomac River as the Winchester and Western train crosses high overhead. He told me earlier he always looks for turtles in the clear water below. He also explained the story behind the flag... Years ago while he was working for CSX he found the flag in the mud along a siding in Gaithersburg, MD. He picked it up and cleaned it. He has been putting it on his trains since as the days draw close to the Fourth of July.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190626-dji_0136-1.jpg20190626-DJI_0136 (1)https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190614-img_0441.jpg20190614-IMG_04412022-03-19T20:02:47+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/csx/cumberland/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181217-dji_0640.jpg20181217-dji_0640https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181211-dji_0621.jpg20181211-dji_0621https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181211-dji_0602.jpg20181211-dji_0602https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181104-dji_0526.jpg20181104-dji_0526https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181104-dji_0488.jpg20181104-dji_0488https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181104-dji_0469.jpg20181104-dji_0469https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181022-dji_0324.jpg20181022-dji_0324https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181003-dji_0198.jpg20181003-dji_0198https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180928-dji_0305.jpg20180928-dji_0305https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180928-dji_0281.jpg20180928-dji_02812022-03-19T19:59:18+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/railroad-stations/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20180127-img_2868-2.jpg20180127-IMG_2868HARPERS FERRY: CSX Q276 passes through Harpers Ferry, WV and by the 1894 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station designed by E. Francis Baldwin ON January 27, 2018. The building itself is owned by the National Park Service who restored it to it's classic appearance in 2006. More recently, the passenger waiting shack on the right was rebuilt by the NPS in association with CSX within the past couple of years as it was slowly degrading and in danger of collapse.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180609-img_7965.jpg20180609-IMG_7965https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180531-img_63841.jpg20180531-IMG_6384https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180531-img_63361.jpg20180531-IMG_6336https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20171018-img_8235.jpg20171018-IMG_8235OFF THE BEATEN PATH Norfolk Southern's Virginian unit leads CSX intermodal train Q138 by the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Roundhouse complex and Amtrak station in Martinsburg, WV.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20171014-img_7083.jpg20171014-IMG_7083ORBISONIA STATIONhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20171008-img_7009.jpg20171008-IMG_7009Built circa 1888 is this Shenandoah Valley Railroad station at Charles Town, WV which in 1915 was moved across the tracks onto a new foundation from a newly built N&W brick depot and is under private ownership. https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20170923-img_5921.jpg20170923-IMG_5921NEW FREEDOM, PAhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20170923-img_5892.jpg20170923-IMG_5892Part of the 2017 annual "Railfan Day" at Steam Into History. This year I was asked to help provide lighting for the event and had a mission to make it more realistic with active steam. Here York 17 looks as though it is enroute from York to Baltimore at the depot at Hanover Junction as locals look on.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20151011-img_4394.jpg20151011-IMG_4394NEW OXFORD, PA - WESTERN MARYLAND2022-03-19T19:58:05+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/ns/hline/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210818-img_7191.jpg20210818-IMG_7191Norfolk Southern 8102 leads a hot intermodal train on the former N&W mainline just north of Sharpsburg, MD on August 18, 2021.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20160509-img_2724-2-1.jpg20160509-IMG_2724-2NATURAL BRIDGE STATIONhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20190422-dji_0477.jpgNATURAL BRIDGE STATIONNATURAL BRIDGE STATIONThe Valley Line between Front Royal and Roanoke, VA offers some of the most scenic vistas on the entire east coast. One of the best happens to be near Natural Bridge Station near Glasgow. Seen here is Norfolk Southern train 202 crossing the James River on its journey from Rossville, TN to Rutherford, PA.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20662780268_02b00e4379_o-1.jpg20662780268_02b00e4379_oH83.7 VAUGHNhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/21049425285_fcef552bae_o-1.jpg21049425285_fcef552bae_oH83.7 VAUGHNhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/21196145242_bbffd3ae0e_o-1.jpg21196145242_bbffd3ae0e_ohttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/21180294016_bec090fa67_o-1.jpg21180294016_bec090fa67_ohttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/23368181379_731e61c09c_o.jpg23368181379_731e61c09c_oH61.9 WARRENhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20200418-dji_0174-2-1.jpg20200418-DJI_0174-2LIMETON, 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CSX MAINhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16300038271_df7a44cf5f_o.jpg16300038271_df7a44cf5f_oMOUNTAIN RAILROAD: The original logo for the MMID was a diamond with MM interlaced with each other to represent the Mountains and Valleys it traversed. No better example of this is the segment of line from Thurmont to Highfield where the railroad follows Owens Creek to Sabillasville. Here at the small hamlet of Lantz, the rails leave the gorge and begin it's heavy pull to the top. https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/15681961653_b536841889_o.jpg15681961653_b536841889_oHIGHFIELD, MD: Crossing the Mason Dixon Line on the former Western Maryland Railway East End.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16360204515_291bd87b6a_o.jpg16360204515_291bd87b6a_oAROUND THE BEND: MMID 3450 3448 and 2601 push 20 empties hoppers to the Lehigh Portland Cement Plant alongside Shepherd's Mill Road an hour after sunrise.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16119192087_d2a98f6234_o.jpg16119192087_d2a98f6234_oFLINT: 2 GP38-3s and 2 SD40-2s lead a roughly 38 loaded car train out of the Owen's Creek gorge at Flint.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16115987897_d0354b1bdf_o.jpg16115987897_d0354b1bdf_oDETOUR: SD40-2 3450 and short train passes thru Detour, MD returning from Highfield. https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16115261318_231220d5ab_o.jpg16115261318_231220d5ab_oREMNANTS OF A RAILWAY'S PASThttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16114289688_d647528660_o.jpg16114289688_d647528660_oFLINT RETURN: UBHF coasts down the mountain at Flint, MD.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/15679424884_7147096b7d_o.jpg15679424884_7147096b7d_oHIGHFIELD INTERCHANGE: After pulling onto CSX trackage, UBHF reverses onto the siding to drop off its train at Highfield.2019-07-23T20:33:02+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/ns/pittsburgh/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180919-img_7812.jpg20180919-img_7812https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181017-img_8271.jpg20181017-img_8271https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181017-img_8257.jpg20181017-img_8257https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181017-img_8200.jpg20181017-img_8200https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181017-dji_0251.jpg20181017-dji_0251https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20181017-dji_0226.jpg20181017-dji_0226https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180918-img_7688.jpg20180918-img_7688https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180918-dji_0230.jpg20180918-dji_0230https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180918-dji_0187.jpg20180918-dji_0187https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180918-dji_0160.jpg20180918-dji_01602019-01-13T01:21:25+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/shortlines/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/downtown-westminster-slideshow.jpgMARYLAND MIDLAND GALLERYMARYLAND MIDLAND 2014, WESTMINSTER MDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/winchester-western-slideshow.jpgWINCHESTER & WESTERN SLIDESHOWWINCHESTER AND WESTERN, GORE VA2018-09-16T01:33:42+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/blogs/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cropped-20141017-img_126811.jpgcropped-20141017-img_126811https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-20101121-101_7019.jpgcropped-20101121-101_7019.jpghttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-20150807-img_9940.jpgcropped-20150807-img_9940.jpghttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-look-good-on-the-marker-slideshow.jpgcropped-look-good-on-the-marker-slideshow.jpghttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-20120328-img_1678.jpgcropped-20120328-img_1678.jpghttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cropped-16071691488_e68db9e192_o1.jpgcropped-16071691488_e68db9e192_o1.jpg2018-02-16T04:53:37+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/ns/lurgan/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150830-img_1157.jpgSCOTLAND, PAhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150828-img_1109.jpgNS 202 on the Greencastle Terminal lead with CP 67 in the backgroundTERMINAL ENTRYhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150820-img_0262.jpgWHEN IT RAINS, IT POURShttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150814-img_0173.jpg32 1/2, 4 3/4https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150807-img_9940.jpgThere is perhaps no boundary in the Continental United States that has been more influential in the history of the country than that of the West Line, otherwise known as the Mason - Dixon Line. It evolved around territory disputes between the Penn's and Calvert's in forming the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Blood had been shed before both colonies finally settled and allowed Jeremiah Dixon and Charles Mason to determine the actual boundary demarcation between 1763 to 1767. Nearly a century later, the boundary became the dividing point between the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War. Although Maryland stayed within the Union, it was due to political wrangling and in many cases martial law. Which brings us to Stone 108 between miles 104 and 105, it lies within the right of way of the former Cumberland Valley Railroad. The stone itself was not placed here by the original surveyors but is found to be an original stone, one of roughly 135 remaining along the roughly 230 mile boundary all quarried and shipped from England. The stone was perhaps moved from its original location some .33 miles away where sometime before 1902 the railroad found being used as a "horse block" by a local. The stone was set in a base of concrete as instructed by a surveyor working for the State of MD along the line. Sometime in the 1970's a gravel truck was struck by an oncoming southbound train and damaged the stone. Today, it remains as a visual reminder of this country's history and serves as monument for generations to come.NO BOUNDARIES COMPAREhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150522-img_0571.jpgEVENING SHUFFLEAn evening shower passes to the north near the famed Mason Dixon Line on Norfolk Southern's Lurgan Branch on May 22, 2015. NS local K80 with 3345, an ex Conrail SD40-2 leading shuffles cars from Greencastle, PA to Hagerstown, MD for pick up.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150203-img_35842.jpg20150203-IMG_3584https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20140618-img_3264.jpgWARP SPEEDMARION, PAhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20140417-img_7562.jpg20140417-IMG_7562https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20140409-img_6772.jpgSPRING READINGSpring is finally in the air and the NS READING unit on the former READING Lurgan Branch just north of Shippensburg, PA leads empty hoppers back to the Appalachian coal mines.2025-06-18T18:37:36+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/2016/03/27/time-standing-still/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_5092.jpg20160325-IMG_5092https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_5102.jpg20160325-IMG_5102https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_5101.jpg20160325-IMG_5101https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_5191.jpg20160325-IMG_5191https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_5114.jpg20160325-IMG_5114https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_49851.jpg20160325-IMG_4985https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_4977.jpg20160325-IMG_4977https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_49701.jpg20160325-IMG_4970https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_49121.jpg20160325-IMG_4912https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160325-img_5655.jpg20160325-IMG_5655INSIDE THE STATION2016-03-29T23:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/2015/12/06/carothers/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/20101121-101_7019.jpg20101121-101_70192015-12-06T05:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/streamliners/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/14192917770_fafe9a1672_o.jpgHOLDING AT LEE'SHOLDING AT LEE'S: Due to a derailment on the CVRR near Carlisle, a PRR extra pauses at Lee's Crossroads, PA after merging off the PRR main at Shippensburg to head east to Harrisburg where it will rejoin the main. Just kidding, its NS 043 with the restored PRR E8'S heading back from Spencer, NC.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/14172654077_33f4fe4044_o.jpgON THE OLD CVRRON THE OLD CVRR: The southern end of the NS Lurgan Branch is actually the old Cumberland Valley Railroad that went from Harrisburg, PA to Winchester, VA. The CVRR was later acquired by the PRR so catching the PRR E8's on home rails was an added bonus here just south of the Mason Dixon Line.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/14166045879_05a6901a84_o.jpgGOT HERITAGE?GOT HERITAGE?: Sitting in the yard before being sent west to Cumberland on the nights D720 is the B&O F7 coming back from the event over the weekend in Spencer, NC. Although not a true B&O Heritage engine, the former BLE locomotive was painted into the Baltimore & Ohio livery in 2010 to honor the South Branch Valley's 100th anniversary. Also pictured are two EMD GP40-2's both of C&O heritage.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/14162517529_3cc8237c19_o.jpgGOLDEN SLUMBERSGOLDEN SLUMBERS: Returning from the Streamliner event in Spencer, NC are the Juniata Terminal restored PRR E8's and train pictured at sunset after crossing the Potomac River. The train will stop at Hagerstown before continuing its trip back home to Philly the next day.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/14336038196_83f0ae9240_o.jpgFARMING E'sFARMING E's: Passing thru the hamlet of Lee's Crossroads, PA on the NS Lurgan Branch.2015-09-03T04:53:44+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/2015/08/13/no-boundaries-compare/2015-08-13T05:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/2015/03/05/looking-good-on-the-marker/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/look-good-on-the-marker-slideshow.jpgNIGHT VISIONS GALLERYLOOK GOOD ON THE MARKER, SHENANDOAH JUNCTION WVhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wpid-2015-01-24_02-40-06.jpgwpid-2015-01-24_02-40-06.jpgH22.7 APPROACH ILLUMINATED: Shenandoah Junction, WVhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wpid-2015-01-24_02-40-14.jpgwpid-2015-01-24_02-40-14.jpgH22.7 FOGGY VISIONS: The headlights of 213 illuminate the dense fog at Shenandoah Junction, WV2015-03-06T02:08:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/galleries/ns/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150213-img_40231.jpg38Q, COMPTON TRESTLEMeasuring a length of 1,141 feet and 101 feet at its highest, the bridge is the 2nd longest of the Valley viaducts spanning the floor of the Shenandoah. The current structure #631 replaced its predecessor at the same location in 1918. US Route 340 parallels the structure and in 2012 was realigned closer to the bridge eliminating a very scenic open field location.2015-02-15T03:43:55+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/2015/02/12/dusk-at-hobbs/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20120328-img_1678.jpgCSX Q216 reaches the summit of the upper Shenandoah Valley at Hobbs on the Cumberland Sub near Bardane, WV on March 28, 2012. Rain clouds loom in the distance as the sun had set over the horizon about ten minutes prior to the trains arrival. The train with CSX SD50 8575 leading runs alongside the West Virginia Route 9 Freeway for a few miles between Kearneysville and Shenandoah Junction. The bridge where this was taken is popular among local railfans as it currently only leads to an orchard the the highway separated when it was built and sees very little use.DUSK AT HOBBS2015-10-16T05:19:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/about-twpot/about/2015-01-30T21:19:13+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/2015/01/29/mmid-one-year-later/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cropped-20150116-img_3064.jpgcropped-20150116-img_3064.jpghttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16297279932_637dbf277f_o.jpg16297279932_637dbf277f_o2015 MARYLAND MIDLANDhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/12160736705_c79bdfa271_o.jpg12160736705_c79bdfa271_oLEHIGH CATHEDRAL: It's a balmy 14 degrees with a stiff breeze blowing as the UBTT (Union Bridge–Taneytown), brings out a set of hoppers from the Lehigh Portland Cement Plant in Union Bridge on January 24, 2014. MMID 303 makes its last appearance in the blue and orange and within days, the engine would be sanded down and repainted into the Genesee & Wyoming black, orange, and yellow scheme as CORP (Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad) 2063, where the unit will be sent once its replacement arrives. This scene was captured from atop a cut that was made when the railroad built a new spur into the plant. The spur, which opened in 2007, eliminated the famous street running along Farquhar Street in town.The street running down Fauquier Street ceased in 2007 but the new spur offers this vantage point. My shoes are frozen and my toes are on the edge of being frostbite. I guess the hot warmers can only do so much... 1/24/14https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/12138638516_43334ce11b_o.jpg12138638516_43334ce11b_oLANTZ: Rolling down the mountain after making its drop off and pick up from CSX, MMID's UBHF rolls by the tiny mountain hamlet known as Deerfield Station during the Western Maryland Railway days but today is simply known as Lantz. 1/24/14https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/15750206955_598d57195d_o.jpg15750206955_598d57195d_oLIVE LONG AND PROSPER: MMID 2014https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150116-img_2912.jpg20150116-IMG_2912THE FOOL ON THE HILL: MMID UBHF switches out the cement plant in Union Bridge before heading West. Seen here are 2 of the 4 new SD40-2's that replaced 5 of the 7 GP38's. 2061 (formally MMID 301) and 2060 (formally MMID 300) are all that remains. The latter would be added to this consist for the westward trek up the mountain. 1/16/15https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150116-img_3345.jpg20150116-IMG_3345LANTZ RETURN: Another fortunate sunspot greets the downhill UBHF at Lantz. Leading the train is an SD40-2 rebuild, new to the MMID since the Fall of 2014.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150116-img_3064.jpg20150116-IMG_3064THURMONT: Thurmont was a major shipping stop on the old Western Maryland Railway. Furnaces, logging operations and orchards from around the region used the rails to send out their goods. Today's MMID UBHF has special guest 2060 leading with doing the honors. The engine, one of the GP38s, was left at the MMID and given a fresh coat of blue and orange with "MMID PRIDE" stenciled under the cab.2015-01-30T01:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/about-twpot/2021-07-23T20:22:04+00:00weekly0.6https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/2015/01/16/12r-meets-213-at-shepherdstown/https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16243329896_62f57425d8_o.jpg16243329896_62f57425d8_oH16.8 "213 DIVERGING APPROACH SHEPHERDSTOWN MAIN TO SIDINGhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16071691488_e68db9e192_o.jpgCLEAR ORIONH16.8 The Norfolk and Western CPL at Shepherdstown, WV displays a clear indication for Norfolk Southern train 15T on the railroad's H Line. The constellation "Orion" can be seen to the right.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16064422810_1a0740a5bf_o1.jpg12R MEETS 213H16.8 It's a very chilly 10 degrees at Shepherdstown, WV as 213 sits in the siding to meet the oncoming 12R. The venerable Norfolk and Western CPL signals stand guard both in the foreground and distance and have observed meetings like this many times since their initial installation on the H Line in 1923. Until the late 1950's, the lenses were all amber in color *much like the PRR PLS* but were converted to the color lenses you see today.https://thewrightphotographyofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16064422810_1a0740a5bf_o.jpg16064422810_1a0740a5bf_oIt's a very chilly 10 degrees at Shepherdstown, WV as 213 sits in the siding to meet the incoming 12R.2015-10-16T05:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thewrightphotographyofthings.comdaily1.02025-09-27T21:19:35+00:00