Northbound Under the Signals. The daily hotshot 24X passes under the remnant Southern Railway signal bridge in Lowell, NC, led by an increasingly rare Dash 9 that once wandered the system ... (more)

Special Dashing: Due to an engine issue with its Amtrak leader, NB northeast regional train 176 had to request an NS engine to take the train to Washington, DC. Seen here, the train pulls north f... (more)

Diamond Help: NS 9679 leads the northbound NE regional train 176 through Charlottesville, VA, as the original Amtrak leader, AMTK 147, stalled the previous night, so this engine was lent to Amtra... (more)

Two Norfolk Southern dash nines are struggling to bring a heavy coal drag up the west slope of the Alleghenies in a heavy downpour.

The NS 116 rolls under the new cantilever signals that are all installed, and ready to go, soon the old CPL in the background will be coming down.

An empty coal train starts into the big curve that lassos around the Appalachia Power Company in Glen Lyn.

Empty coal train 77A emerges from the high-clearance portal of the Montgomery Tunnels under the power of two GE products.

After holding for switch problems at Beech Creek and 35 min. stop at the Cedar Welcome Center ;), NS 185 blasts west out of Hatfield tunnel on Track 1 headed for Williamson, WV and points beyond.

A westbound empty hopper trains rolls under the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Shafton, PA.

NS train 325 crosses over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, utilizing CSX trackage rights. 325 generally has a large consist (seven units in this case), most of which are dead-in-tow and have jus... (more)

The leaves are coming down fast on this windy fall morning as a westbound intermodel train leaves Altoona behind and begins it's assault on the grade approaching the brickyard crossing.

An empty coal heading for the mines of Southwestern Pennsylvania.