Returning from Culpeper in nice evening light.
Dropping down Arrowhead grade south of Charlottesville. Notice difference in grille between lead unit and trailing FP7s. This train could only be shot in the long days of summer in light.
Starting the climb up Arrowhead grade.
Starting the climb up to Ash Hill. Good sight and sounds.
Another shot of the Cadiz Local with vintage ATSF power in 2003!
Working hard upgrade with a long train from the A&C interchange at Cadiz. Chased this train from East Siberia to Ludlow in the early evening.
Running slowly about to be passed by a westbound intermodal at East Valentine
Date changed; also it is GP35 not GP40-2
E7s were common on the Birmingham Special in the late 1960s. The train still had a full diner and plenty of head end business -- running 17 cars this day. It was a tough choice in 1968 whether t... (more)
A strange set of power -- GP30 and E7A
The train is still climbing the ruling grade on the Washington Division at slow speed; the crest is about a mile ahead
A nice wave from the engineer
One of my favorite short lines, unfortunately now abandoned. It is a few miles from the interchange with the Southern at Tye River.
Westbound emerging from the very short Little Rock Tunnel just east of Afton