Shenandoah Valley RR local with their former N&W Alco RS-11 now DGVR 367 interchanging with the NS Harrisonburg Local V93. Seen here the Shenandoah Valley local is pulling their cut of cars brough... (more)

End of the line for N&W Alco C630 and four EMD GP9's. 135 was originally numbered 1135. Fortunately 1135 did not get scrapped and is now on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roa... (more)

Glowing Midvale: NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal unit, charges south through the small town of Midvale, VA located about 25 miles south of Stuarts Draft, VA, rumbling the homes that sit right nex... (more)

Glowing Glasgow: NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal unit, charges south through the small town of Glasgow, Virginia, located about 45 miles north of Roanoke, VA on a warm April afternoon.

Seen from a railfan platform built by Virginia Tech students, NS 126 crosses over the New River just before Radford yard where it will have a 15 car pick up.

NS 126 makes its way east through Wytheville, VA with a BNSF EMD SD70MACe leader.

BNSF 9730 leads NS 126 through the signal at Crockett in Crockett, VA along the Pulaski district.

NS 126 heads east on the Pulaski district with a BNSF SD70MACe in charge.

A bright red CN unit leads manifest NS 19W west out of Montgomery tunnel in some late day sun.

A pair of CN units lead NS 62U (potash loads) east through Pembroke, VA on the Whitethorne district.

A loaded potash train with a pair of CN motors rumble east through Narrows, VA. The train is seen here splitting off of the Christiansburg district and into the Whitethorne district.

A loaded potash train with a pair of CN motors rumble east through Rich Creek, VA on the Christiansburg district.

Buena Vista Curves: As NS 12Z came north on the line, Buena Vista, VA was the spot decided by the dispatcher to have a running meet with NS 13Z led by the Illinois Terminal heritage unit. Seen he... (more)

Snap and Go: As I continued my chase south of the NS 1072 IT heritage unit toward Roanoke, I pulled off to the side of the ride at a crossing just on the outskirts of Buena Vista, VA before tryin... (more)

Shenandoah Valley RR local with the DGVR 367 a former N&W Alco RS-11 powers up a small grade after stopping to flag the Friedens Church Rd. crossing in Mount Crawford, Va with grain and potash lo... (more)