Number 5000, the "Diversity in Motion" unit, leads a load of southbound coal across the "Skaggs Hole" bridge at Towers.
Southern Rwy local with GP35 #2674 and a bay window caboose working between Martinsville and Fieldale, VA in the Summer of 1975
In this area the Roanoke - Bristol passenger is very near the summit of the Appalachian though it does appear to be very high. Streams are small and slow, weeping willows thrive and the limestone... (more)
Late in a very hot day, a loaded coal train rolls over a timber trestle between Duffield and Gate City in far western Virginia. A radio control car with helpers is at work far back in the train.
Southbound Southern Rwy excursion at Starkey Hill near Roanoke, August 1972
A Southern Railway SD24 leads an empty coal train north (railroad west) over US 23.
A Southern SD24 rides high on a timber trestle just south of Duffield, Virginia. The trestle transitions to steel as it crosses US Route 23, just a 2-lane at the time. (For a color view and an alt... (more)
The "Cardinal" flies above U.S. 29, north of Culpeper
A Southern steam special on the N&W crosses the James River enroute to Shenandoah. More Southern 4501 shots are seen from that steamy September 1970 at ... (more)
Eastbound N&W coal loads crossing the New River at Glen Lyn, VA, Sept 1970
SB "Silver Star"
RF&P always kept their E8s clean! This is Amtrak's Silver Star crossing the South Anna River.
A northbound CSX manifest does track speed over the Potomac River at Neabsco during the early morning Amtrak and VRE commuter rush.
Phase I commemorative unit #156 SOLO on Train #20 with ten cars crossing the James River. This trestle, part of Southern Ry.'s Lynchburg cut-off project, opened for traffic on March 1, 1911. Pas... (more)
An eastbound coal drag, NS 886, rolls across Lawson Trestle between Coeburn and St. Paul, Virginia on NS's Clinch Valley Line.
