The headlight of the next westbound can be seen for miles down the line, seemingly stationary at first, then slowly growing closer. At some point, you can tell it's on the express track... and mov... (more)

Outside the ex-SCL depot, an Aberdeen & Rockfish caboose is lit up for the holidays in downtown Aberdeen.

Christmas decorations around the Aberdeen depot with a CSX local switching in the distance

An ex-US Army ALCO is one of several diesel locomotives now on Strasburg property.

Just minutes after the 1PM excursion pulled into the station, #90 is already cut off and running around it's train. The crew of the Strasburg Railroad wastes no time in readying the consist for th... (more)

Strasburg's venerable Baldwin decapod #90 barks through the Pennsylvania countryside on a bitterly cold and windy December day.

16T's exhaust catches the setting sun as the train speeds north through the farmland of the Shenandoah Valley.

The old Lynchburg & Durham line would appear to most passers by to be a little used branch line, but it actually sees several unit coal trains every day between the ex-Virginian at Brookneal, VA a... (more)

50-some years ago, 1218 and 611 might have been found puffing along the N&W through Roanoke on any given night. In 2010, they are the stars of the show at the Lerro Productions Virginia Museum of ... (more)

The N&W still rules in Roanoke. 1218 is just blocks away from her birthplace with her home road's CPLs in the background. A Lerro Productions event at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

The sights, sounds, and smells of a loaded coal train descending through the Old Fort Loops are a remarkable combination. The engineer of eastbound 750 ever so slowly guides his train around High ... (more)

A Lerro Productions event at the Virginia Museum of Transportation

A Lerro Productions event at the Virginia Museum of Transportation

The 2nd weekend of fall foliage excursions in the area gave passengers another opportunity for riding rare mileage. After a 9AM departure from Roanoke, the special is seen here crossing one of sev... (more)

The bright colors of autumn are still hanging on well into November in southwestern Virginia as an eastbound manifest nears Roanoke