The 12:00 Strasburg Rail Road train is seen passing the Red Caboose Motel returning back to the station in Ronks. Locomotive 475 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Norfolk & Western... (more)

The 3:30 Strasburg Rail Road train is seen cutting away from the coaches after returning back to the station in Ronks. Locomotive 475 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Norfolk & We... (more)

The 2 pm Strasburg Rail Road train is seen crossing Esbenshade Road returning back to the station in Ronks. Locomotive 475 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Norfolk & Western Railw... (more)

Several lines of storms rolled through Central Pennsylvania today, so I headed to Strasburg to get the last train of the day in evening storm light. The rainbows and dark clouds from the previous ... (more)

With tourism severely down, Strasburg is operating on a greatly reduced schedule. Only one locomotive is used for the day, and 475 seems to be getting the call more often than not Here the 2:00 tr... (more)

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 leads a Birmingham (AL) to Columbus (GA) round trip excursion eastbound. #1218 was built by N&W in 1943 at their Roanoke shop

A pair of faded N&W boxcars still remain present, on the outskirts of Downtown Richlands, Virginia as of 2020.

As seen from State Line Tower, N&W's bicentennial SD45 heads north toward Chicago. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of N&W SD45s bring a freight passed State Line Tower. Tom Golden photo.

The 1218 on the point of a southbound NRHS Special, nearing Lynchburg and crossing the James River on the massive old Southern Railway bridge

The Queen of Steam let’s off a large plume of smoke during a chartered photo shoot on that Strasburg Railroad. Driving rain couldn’t dampen spirits or the beauty of the engine. With 611 back... (more)

Sour Milk Tonight

With a 6:30 train on Strasburg’s schedule at this time of year, I headed over to Carpenter’s Cemetery to get the classic shot. There was a sizable herd of Hol... (more)

N&W 1200s were not used on the Shenandoah Division north of Roanoke in the days of steam because of their lack of cab signals. But here's the restored 1218 in 1990 on a circle trip out of Roanoke... (more)

Passing through the remains of the Southern yard at Monroe, Virginia, N&W 1218 pulls some Roanoke=bound freight.

N&W 1218 rolls south through Shipman, Virginia with a short freight train. The A is on a ferry move between Charlottesville and Roanoke.