A Over the Rivanna

After pulling freight from Roanoke to Lynchburg and Charlottesville, Virginia, N&W A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 has switched to pulling passengers northward from Charlot... (more)

Continuing its non-excursion trip from Roanoke to Charlottesville, Virginia, N&W A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 nears its destination. Pulling a pair of tool cars, and five hoppers to be left in Charlottesv... (more)

In the early 1970s, the Jersey Central leased ten ex-Wabash F7s from the Norfolk & Western to help with a perennial power shortage. N&W 3697 was awaiting its next assignment outside the CNJ/RDG ro... (more)

First Sight

My first chance to view N&W A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 was when it came north to pull a series of excursions out of Alexandria, Virginia. In previous years, on one weekend, a... (more)

Norfolk and Western class J 611 is being serviced before a weekend of excursions to Chattanooga and Toccoa. A southbound MARTA train on the North Line soars overhead. This is now called the Gold L... (more)

Norfolk and Western class A 1218 is being rebuilt by Norfolk Southern for excursion service.

Norfolk & Western 611 briefly interrupts the flow of life in Reidsville, NC as it pulls a ferry move northward toward Roanoke, going through the crossover called as Edna. Two Southern Railway cant... (more)

After a couple hour delay in Lynchburg, VA on Saturday, April 9th, N&W 611 is finally southbound on the return trip to Spencer, NC over the famous double track steel viaduct in Altavista, VA, alon... (more)

N&W 852 is a blue GP9. N&W 1528 is a black SD35.

N&W 475 leads the late afternoon train back to station

On Saturday, April 9th, 2016, after having pulled “The Virginian” from Spencer, NC, N&W 611 is being prepared to turn on the former Southern Rwy/N&W wye at Montview, VA before the return trip ... (more)

After taking a tour of the Charlotte Douglas Internationals Airport, NS 957 leaves the Queen City behind as the 611 ducks under the AT&O Signal Gantry.

N&W 611 simmers the night away before three days worth of morning and afternoon turns, over Memorial Day weekend. The big J performed flawlessly.