The tail end of the loaded coal train, under the bridge going east, will shortly become the front of the train heading south. NS 4000 and 4001 will couple onto the train and take the connecting tr... (more)

N&W 475 backs up for another photo runby on this beautiful fall morning as a lone burro helps itself to some breakfast.

Southern Railway 542, a J-Class 2-8-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903, poses for a night photo shoot at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The Atlantic & Yadkin Railway was a subs... (more)

V&T #25, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1905, takes a spin on the Armstrong turntable at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Waiting her turn in the background is V&T #22 "INYO", bui... (more)

Night is falling at Hinton WV. We are cold, wet and tired but extremely happy. It's 1985 and we have been chasing a steam engine pulling a loaded coal train all day long in the snow! 614 has been ... (more)

611 is passing the former Norfolk & Western East End Shops where she was built in May 1950. The shops have been closed by Norfolk Southern and now stand deserted.

Southern FP7A 3498, 3497 and 3499, lead an excursion train out of Greensboro NC into the morning sun.

The Norfolk Southern Steam/Excursion Program used Southern FP7A diesels regularly on trips. Sometimes as the main power and sometimes assisting the smaller steam engines. All four A-Units are here... (more)

Three years after the N&W-Southern merger, these two workhorses are still in Southern Ry paint. The paint still looks pretty good on the 3935 but 5211, a GP38-2, is looking a little rough around t... (more)

The crewman doesn't look too happy that I am taking his picture. But this was a unique paint scheme and I wanted to get the shot. There were three N&W EMD GP38AC units that received the "skun... (more)

1218 is rolling westbound at Salem VA.

Amtrak Train 20, The Crescent, is northbound crossing the high trestle at Altavista VA. Leading is Amtrak #161 painted in the 50th Anniversary Phase 1 livery.

1218 has conquered the famous Southern Ry loops over the Blue Ridge mountains and is pulling into the yard in Asheville NC.

It's late afternoon and the sun has sunk behind the mountains to the west as another loaded coal train negotiates the sharp curves and the eastbound Elkhorn grade heading for Bluefield West Virgin... (more)

Having finished their local switching, the crew pulls into the passing track beside the abandoned freight shed in Clemmons. This stretch of track is the old Southern Railway L-Line from Winston-S... (more)