11R attacks the rolling profile of the Piedmont as the last light of the day glints off the rails

A colorful 11R behind NS 2603, SP 101 (unpatched), UP 5691 and VRE V02 rolls south on the H-Line.

Southbound below city.

Southbound going thru the AIE detector. Notice number boards are different, left side is small numbers, right side is large numbers with the last 8 worn off.

OMG ... now that is a broken coupler. ENR 2476 broke a coupler while in transit in NS 11R as the engineer throttled up from a stop to climb the Linden Grade on the NS B-line. Actually, the trai... (more)

Southbound leaving city below mp 260 with spartan cab leader

Southbound passing a farm near the north branch of the Susquehanna.

Southbound rounding curve approaching mp 260 blowing up some fresh snow.

Pounding the diamond at Charles Town, 11R with a Conrail leader climbs up out of the dip having just crossed the CSX Shenandoah Subdivision.

What a colorful lash-up on such a gray snowy day at Linden, Virginia.

This would be the last time 11R would see the code line that ran along the tracks here at Ashby, Virginia. July 18, 2008 saw the removal of the code line through here in preparation for the second... (more)

Southbound at Race St.

Southbound manifest 11R with another wide cab.