An early morning excursion to Ashland yielded 4 trains in about 25 minutes....2 northbound Amtraks, a southbound freight and a northbound freight that was stopped at Elmont.

Sunday Afternoon.

Q703, the loaded trash train, stinks up the town of Ashland with the ever so sweet smell of garbage; as an added bonus, the train is 10000 ft long today. The train is seen passing The Caboose, a ... (more)

This is the 3rd of five trains in a fleet of northbounds on the ex-RF&P mainline. Although Railroad Avenue looks empty, there are at least five or six cameras pointed at this train.

This train would be the fifth northbound in the last 34 minutes.

Another Amtrak going south through Ashland on this warm spring day.

Amtrak Train #91 heads past the signals at the 15.6 Mile Mark on Track #2 in North Ashland.

CSX Engine #5338 assisted by SD40-2 #8334 leads a long line of freight cars down Center Street in Ashland, VA. CSX #8334 previously operated on the L&N railroad as unit #1258.

Milepost 15 on the RF&P and a foggy night in Ashland.

With the switches frozen at Acca Yard, this mixed frieght awaits a new crew to continue its southward journey.

The first of five northbound trains on CSX after a winter storm brought train operations to a temporary stop.

Thankfully the train was stopped in the station.......but it could have been unfortunate. People cut in front of trains every day. I am glad that I have not witnessed a collision yet. It might be... (more)

Amtrak 53, the AutoTrain, has just met Amtrak 66 in front of the Ashland station as it continues its journey to Florida.

This Amtrak Northeast Regional train makes a stop in Ashland on its way to Richmond and points east.

CSX Train Q171 moves south through Ashland with a long line of containers.