Was born in Cumberland, Maryland; and grew up in Oldtown, Maryland. He is a former CSX engineer between Cumberland-Connellsville-New Castle, PA., and now an Amtrak Engineer on the Capitol Limited between Washington, DC-Cumberland, MD., and he's also a qualified engineer on Amtrak trains over the Cab Controlled RF&P Subdivision and the NS H-Line to Charlottesville, VA. He and his wife Candice, live in Severn, Maryland. His railroad career began back in the early spring of 1998. Look for more books coming up, such as "Western Maryland Volume VI" and "My Amtrak Years", both already in progress.