50K navigates the rolling hills and tight curves on the Chesapeake Western Railway between Elkton and Harrisonburg on it’s way to the feed mill in Linville, a couple miles north of Harrisonburg.

The sound of GE’s in notch 8 echoes through the corn fields just west of Elkton, VA. 50K is down on its knees at 5 miles an hour making the assault on Johnson’s Hill, the steepest grade on the... (more)

Yard Work. Running LHF, the rebuilt Dash 9 is building a train in the interchange just southeast of Harrisonburg, VA. Shortly, the crew will take the train southwest to meet the Shenandoah... (more)

After completing their switching at the VPGC feed mill in Broadway, NS V94 heads back south to Harrisonburg with an unusually long train of about 25 grain hoppers.

The Shenandoah to Harrisonburg local returns from the Shenandoah Valley interchange after swapping cars.

NS train 41T (right) shoves west towards Dayton. Once the train is in the clear of the switch, the single locomotive sitting to the left of the train will reverse and couple up, becoming the lead ... (more)

During the period of the "NS Family Portrait" which saw the new Heritage paint passing by, some special side "events" produced themselves. This was one such photo op.

Alco Product: One of the highlights of the VA Museum of Transportation is their sizeable collection of rare T6 switchers (they've got two!).

NS 42T sits under the moon in Stock Pin Siding with a cut of loaded grain hoppers, tied down and waiting to be unloaded at Pilgrims Pride on the North end of town.

The original Fort Defiance Depot was constructed under ownership of the Valley Railroad and oversight of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between 1874/85. The building was located eight miles north... (more)

A group of photographers gets their shots of a Calera & Shelby Freight Train during a night photo charter on the Heart of Dixie Railroad

Great Lakes Locomotive #6 is seen at the Shenandoah Valley Railroad interchange with Norfolk Southern in Pleasant Valley, Va. This switcher is bound for Precision Locomotive Services in Staunton... (more)

With a matching set of Tuscan passenger cars a crew member looks onto 611 at CP Duncan.

A former Texas Star Clipper (nee-CNW) F7A, acquired back in 2012 by NS originally to be rebuilt as a new unit for the OCS, now sits quiet and decrepit on the end of a pipe plant siding a few miles... (more)