NS 188 rumbles eastbound through Villamont, Va. on the Blueridge District with a rare treat leading the way. UP 1995, the Chicago and Northwestern heritage unit finds itself off of UP rails on the... (more)

An empty coal train crests the Blue Ridge Grade at Villamont, Virginia with seven locomotives pulling the train through rural Appalachia. Villamont was perhaps the most popular location along the ... (more)

N&W Class J 611 marches up the Blue Ridge Grade westbound on a roundtrip excursion from Roanoke Va to Lynchburg Va.

Landmarks of a bygone era display all reds on the early morning of March 26, 2017 as a tiny sliver of a crescent moon rises into the great blue yonder before being swallowed by sunlight.

A cool winter's night elapses over a location where it seemed time had stood still, and the unstoppable metestasizing of modernization had ignored time. But unfortunately, as expected, innovation ... (more)

The Ringling Brothers an Barnum Bailey Red Unit train makes it final run over the Blue Ridge mountains on its way to Norfolk.

NS 956 breaks the bend at Villamont, VA, where the N&W bracket style signals are still standing one the former N&W Main Line to Lynchburg, which is now the NS Blue Ridge District. If you look c... (more)

Mixed freight 189 heads west upgrade past the N&W CPL's at Villamont with a clean NS 8807 on the point.

Nearing the end of its ferry move from the North Carolina Museum of Transportation to the Virginia Museum of Transportation, NW 611 blasts past the N&W CPLs at Villamont.

After a short wait following the blocks of 234 ahead, 188 passes through the N&W CPL signals at Villamont, and soon will hold up at Montvale for the 958.

611 thunders past the soon to be replaced CPLs at Villamont on the Blue Ridge grade. With the 25 mph slow order at the bottom of the mountain, 611 finally had to work hard as she accelerated back ... (more)

The ferry move of the Class J 611 rolls West through Villamont, passing between the N&W era CPL signals, closing in on Roanoke. Due to track work, the deadhead took the scenic route across the for... (more)

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 class J #611 passes the CPL's at Villamont with a Norfolk Southern excursion train for Lynchburg and return to Roanoke. The J performed flawlessly all weekend and was well ... (more)

NS 956 with N&W 611 on point splits the classic CPL signals at Villamont as it rolls over the Blue Ridge grade bound for Lynchburg