Downtown Drive: BB 13 leads a string of empty coal cars westbound through downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, as they head to the University of Virginia, to drop off the coal cars.

College Coal: BB12 leads Buckingham Branch local Z631 westbound over the Main Street Bridge in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the train drops off some coal cars for the University of Virginia coal... (more)

Clifton Forge is a shadow of what it used to be but is still a very interesting railroad town. It is still a significant terminal for CSX, is a stop for Amtrak's Cardinal, and home to the C&O Rail... (more)

Buckingham Branch Z631 at the shop in Staunton

Buckingham Branch Z631 rolls eastbound through Swoope, Virginia on the North Mountain Subdivision with a welded rail train in tow.

Buckingham Branch train Z631, also known as the Mountain Local, thunders out of the east portal of Lick Run Tunnel near Millboro. The train is currently on a decent uphill climb until they reach t... (more)

BB train Z631 (the Staunton local) is out and about today working various industries around Staunton with BB 3, one of the last BB GP10’s in the lead. This will likely be one of it’s last trip... (more)

BB #6 approaching Craigsville, VA for the next stop of the USMC Toys for Tots Santa Train.

The joys of shortline railroading-- minus a few modern details, this shot could have been taken pretty much any time in the last 40 years.