BNSF, UP and a BNSF in warbonnet paint pulls manifest NS 19W west through Shawsville, VA.

NS manifest train 19W passes Shawsville, VA in the golden hour part of the evening. The train has a very interesting consist today: a BNSF leads while a Union Pacific and a BNSF "Fakebonnet&... (more)

Southbound freight rolls through Dante with Clinchfirld era signals still standing tall.

A southbound intermodal train rounding the curve at the milepost 112.

Victim of some long forgotten mishap, found in an old file and fodder for the morbid such as myself, I present a wreck.

The local switcher passes by the Roanoke Amtrak Station with four cars in tow. 6079 is former Norfolk & Western 6079 still going strong at 46 years old.

Boy were we spoiled! From 1987 to 1992 both of these fantastic steam engines were running mainline excursions and ferry moves on the Norfolk Southern System. This double headed run is somewhere so... (more)

Under a glowing sky, the Penn Central heritage unit leads empty potash train NS 61U west through Shawsville, VA at John Farm.

A dash 9 leads an empty grainer west out of Montgomery tunnel on the Christiansburg district.

A dash 9 leads an empty grainer west by Friendship Rd with an old paint D9.

The last NS 289 of 2022 (Rutherford, PA-Rossville, TN manifest) curves through the countryside along the NS B-Line on a dull New Years Eve.

NV03 crosses the former Virginian Railway drawbridge over the southern branch of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, VA. This line, which once saw FM's leading long coal drags for the VGN coal pie... (more)

822 crosses the southern branch of the Elizabeth River on Bridge 7 with loads for Lambert's Point. The massive Gilmerton bridge is adjacent to the former Norfolk & Western mainline here.

Amtrak #2 leads 94 across Bridge 5 in downtown Norfolk over the Elizabeth River. The train has just departed the station in Norfolk for it's 13 hour run to Boston's South Station.

Ready to Go! N&W 1218 will shortly be towed out of the Roanoke Transportation Museum and then on to Birmingham Alabama to be overhauled. Sections of panel track have been laid into the museum fro... (more)