Daniel L. Frizzi, Jr. Railroad Collection

Daniel L. Frizzi, Jr. Railroad Collection

The Daniel L. Frizzi, Jr. Railroad Collection consists of railroad photographs and digital images taken at various locations over a span of more than 30 years commencing in 1990 and continuing to the present. The photographs and digital images were taken by Daniel L. Frizzi, Jr., as a hobby. Most of the photographs were taken in and around Bellaire, Ohio and the surrounding areas where railroad tracks continued in operation during this period of time. In addition to the local railroad traffic of the Ohio Valley, however, many photographs depict scenes of mountain railroads in West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and Maryland, all of which were taken during this same period of time by the photographer. These mountain railroads include the Class I track operated by CSX between Pittsburgh and Cumberland, Maryland, as well as between Grafton, West Virginia and Cumberland, Maryland.

Many of the photographs identify the fallen flags of some of the nation’s earliest railroad companies, including the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; the Western Maryland Railroad; Seaboard Coast Lines; Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Chessie; Cheasapeake and Ohio Railroad; Conrail; Pennsylvania Railroad; Norfolk and Western Railway; Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway; and others. CSX, Conrail and Norfolk Southern are prominent throughout the collection even though the fallen flags of other railroads continued to be used as motive power during this period.