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In April of 1988 I came across this ancient C&O car shop at Thurmond, WV along the New River. Nobody was around, so I cautiously entered and greatly enjoyed an unhurried walk about the place, soaking up the ambiance and imagining what it was once like. Check out the water column at left. All...

How neat to have seen that. You're right, turntables and roundhouses are rare and to find one in its native state is something special. I so miss that sense of open discovery and uninhibited exploration that was commonly found decades ago. Railfanning is just not as much fun today. These...

I miss 'em too and the friendly waves we used to get. Heck, even pulpwood racks as seen ahead of the SOU hack here are gone. These were once a staple of southeastern railroading. [October 1985, Montgomery, AL, Nikon EL-2, Kodachrome]

Closing out the day at Childersburg, AL in October 1988. The caboose era is in sunset too. Train is on the former Central of Georgia crossing over the Southern.. [Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

At work in Cresson, PA. [10/1994, Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

The Cresson, PA engine terminal in April 1989. With pusher locomotives on station and two coal-heavy branchlines, it was a busy spot.

You came away with some really nice shots @Browncoat , even capturing CSX's WM Emblem unit in the first photo. (y) Yeah, ya never know who you're going to meet when you arrive at a spot. Some people and kind and well informed, and others are, um, less so.

From today, Train 15R at Simpson, SC. [D5100]

May 1981 climbing the Alleghenies at Horseshoe Curve west of Altoona, PA. [Nikon EL-2, Kodachrome]

Probably so, then there are CN and CP with their extensive U.S. holdings that they'll want to protect. It took 2-1/2 years of expensive litigation for CR's situation to be settled and I'm guessing this final round of transcontinental mergers will take at least that long. It boggles the mind to...

Marion, OH is a fine spot too. AC Tower has since been taken down off it stilts, but it remains on site for railfans to see. Of course, CR is long gone. :( [September 1997, Nikon N2020, Kodchrome]

I was last there in September 1997. It remains a busy area; the rail park should be great. F Tower was still manned when I was there. From what I read, it still stands, but was closed in March 2015. [Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

The Loree Breaker stood at Larksville, PA and the Moffat at Taylor, PA. The Moffat was unusual in that it was built of reinforced concrete. [June and September 1982] [Nikon EL-2, Kodachrome]

In 2014, the Huber Colliery at Ashley, PA was one of the last to fall after an attempt to preserve it fell through. [October 1981] [Nikkormat FTn, Kodachrome]

In the latter 1800s into the 1940s, anthracite coal mining was the most important industry in northeastern Pennsylvania. It was the predominant residential heating fuel and also found wide use in industry until it was unseated by fuel oil and natural gas. Although abandoned, dozens of large...

Working the hump at Southern Railway's John Sevier Yard at Knoxville, TN. [01/1980, Nikkormat FTn, Kodachrome]

So very sad and an ongoing trend in the pulp and paper industry that I spent my career in.

Yep, I ordered two replacements from Amazon for my D5100. They're not Nikon brand, but they are of good quality.

Very nice, and in period black and white. Looks like an Alco S-2, maybe at a tourist railroad or an industry? These were produced in the 1940s and maybe into the early 1950s, so are quite a neat find. Where did you see this?

Track maintenance machines like the one you found often look like Rube Goldberg creations, don't they? 😊