Slumbering peacefully, N&W 475 cools her heels after handling the weekend trains as CN 89's banked fire has her quietly simmering with around 60 pounds on the gauge. If you're a serious lover of ... (more)

With Old Glory flying from the marker brackets, 611 leads the Pelican out of Salem, VA. Soon she and her 21 cars will be tackling the Christiansburg Grade unassisted.

Even on the third straight day of excursions, the 611 doesn't fail to draw a crowd! Hundreds of people line the tracks clear through the yard, and on both sides of the street behind me.

On the return to Roanoke, 611 splits the CPL's at Webster, VA. Soon the westbound Powhatan Arrow will be descending into Roanoke after a third and final assault on Blue Ridge Summit.

Nearly six decades later, a familiar face blasts her way up the formidable Blue Ridge grade with the eastbound Powhatan Arrow. Though the overpass is gone, and the trees have taken over, the eastb... (more)

Another slice of Virginia frozen in time, the westbound Pelican roars past the James Barnett cemetery, just outside Elliston. This is most definitely not the first time the 611 has rattled the bo... (more)

The more time I spend along the Norfolk and Western in Virginia, the more I absolutely fall in love with it. Shots like this abound- you just need to know where to look. An incident with the own... (more)

Independence Day, 1955 or 2015? You decide. N&W Class J #611 accelerates out of Vicker, VA with the eastbound Pelican. A lineside dog is not impressed by the J's throaty whistle sounding for th... (more)

Framed by an open door at the rolling mill of McDonald Steel, a weary LTEX yard goat carefully backs over the mill road crossing after spotting our 80-tonner on one of the mill sidings. Taken with... (more)

Shoving hard on a string of loaded gons, a Juniata-built GP38-2/RP-E4C mother/slug set screams up the grade leading into the stub-end yard at Allegheny Ludlum Steel.

Pulling hard for the hill north out of Sulphur, the CSX autoracks I'd been following since LaGrange lean into the curve at Milepost 37, northbound on the old L&N.

On my last day in LaGrange I decided to wait downtown for a train before leaving for home. Thankfully the signals behind me showed an approach, so I didn't have to wait long for this northbound au... (more)

On point of crude oil empties, an aging Norfolk Southern Dash-9 digs into "The Hill" leaving Altoona.

Remarks: No, you aren't seeing things... There really is a train on Main Street! Just another day in downtown La Grange, KY as a southbound CSX freight makes its way through town on ex-L&N street ... (more)

With an exceptionally heavy Johnsonburg turn, Buffalo & Pittsburgh GP38-2 #2031 grinds upgrade into Clarendon Heights, bound for Sheffield, Kane, and points south.