Just a couple of inches of snow melt have occurred as the day's high was just over the freezing mark, but it is certainly still enough to create a snow squall as a train passes, and Q401 was no di... (more)

With a fresh blanket of snow, the first of the year I might add, Amtrak train P084 on this morning featured Amtrak's Phase I Heritage unit leading the way, covered in Ice and snow from a night of ... (more)

After a very fine, powdery 8 inches of snow fell overnight, It took virtually no wind at all to kick up snow, and Q439-15 rolling by at 40 mph was enough to create a snow squall. Seen here, he is ... (more)

Amtrak ran an unusual consist south out of Washington DC on this particular morning, consisting of one locomotive and one coach. This train ended up going about a half a mile south of this locatio... (more)

The sun has finally come out after a miserable morning, as CSX trash train Q703 rolls south through downtown Ashland, VA.

CSX's most recent acquisition of Maintenance equipment is an Ex. MARC GP40WH-2, painted in CSX's Boxcar Logo, used almost exclusively for the CSX Geometry Train. Today, he ran south from Baltimore... (more)

The snow is coming down at a rather rapid pace as Amtrak Regional train 84 is seen just moments from making his station stop in Fredericksburg. Meanwhile, the Conductor for the local is seen on th... (more)

Some dark clouds still loom overhead, but the sun is able to break free for just a few moments as 110 loads of Pennsylvania coal hump over the hill at the little town of Milford, Virginia on a coo... (more)

The sun is setting on yet another winter day as a rather long intermodal heads south, led by 3 of CSX's widecab locomotives.

On a cold January morning, the inaugural run of the new Saturday Newport News Regional, Amtrak P065, is seen heading south through the Fredericksburg Yard.

The sun is shining on this gorgeous, rather warm January afternoon as a manifest train makes his way south. The lead motor is rather clean, but peeking from behind him is none other than the Devil... (more)

On a gorgeous winter afternoon, Nearly 9000 feet of Intermodal are seen heading south past the Dahlgren Junction Interlocking with 3 CSX Widecab locomotives leading the way.

After a day of running up the RF&P, then running around his power about 20 miles north of here, 110 cars of loaded coal are finally just 10 miles from their destination down the Sealston Branch in... (more)

110 loads of Pennsylvania coal are bound for the furnaces in South Carolina, seen here taking a dip across the Potomac Run Valley in Central Virginia.

The Virginia Railway Express' annual Santa Train is seen heading south on run number 2 of 4 on the day. This train is running a push-pull configuration, with locomotive nubmer 51 on point right no... (more)