A flock of birds take flight over Bluefield, WV on January 16, 2021 as NS #8018, an ES44AC, leads a loaded coal train into town. With this train Bluefield once again reiterates its long historied ... (more)

Snow begins to fall outside of Ada, WV as NS #4304 and its empty coal train make the final push into Bluefield, WV on January 16, 2021. The Norfolk & Western Historical Society has quite a collect... (more)

NS AC44C6M #4384 leads an enormous empty coal train west towards Bluefield, WV outside of Narrows, Virginia on January 16, 2021. Here the New River, debated as one of the five oldest rivers in the... (more)

Having passed through Bluefield, WV after an hour or so delay waiting for eastbound manifests and loaded coal trains to arrive and depart, Norfolk Southern 55W is heading west over the famed forme... (more)

Passing a local residence, 55W thunders west under the eastbound signals at Cox's Cutoff near Ingleside, WV on January 8, 2021. I have a feeling that while most suspect that the house was there be... (more)

Remember those S curves I mentioned? Here, NS 55W rounds the bend at Cox's Cutoff heading west about 20 minutes out of finally arriving to Bluefield. If you look carefully you can see the trailing... (more)

55W rounds the final bend in this S curve into Oakvale, WV on January 8, 2021. This train will repeat this pattern about 4-5 times before finally hitting the outskirts of Bluefield and the Pocahon... (more)

"Blizzard Toward Bluefield": NS 55W, lead by ES44AC #8130, heads west to Bluefield WV, near Rich Creek, VA on 1/8/2021. This is located along the New River with the former Norfolk & West... (more)

NS 55W dives head first into an S curve in Oakvale, WV on January 8, 2021. Here the former Norfolk & Western mainline snakes its way east and west, to and from, Bluefield, WV. With the snow gettin... (more)

*Steam in the Snow*: Great Western decapod #90, hauling the ex-Philadelphia & Reading President's Business car #90, thunders around Long Curve outside of Paradise, Pennsylvania on the snowy mornin... (more)

Sunlight cuts through the hazy smoke emanating from Shay #2 inside the Cass Shop yard complex on July 5, 2020. Cass Scenic Railroad is the same railroad that was built in 1901 to haul lumber to th... (more)

Smoke and sun fill the small cab of Shay #2 at the Cass Shops at the Cass Scenic Railroad on July 5, 2020. Shay #2 is a pacific coast Shay and was built in 1928 for the Mayo Lumber Company of Pald... (more)

"The Land of Shays" - Prior to a 11 am departure to Bald Knob Shay #2 at the Cass Scenic Railroad simmers away in the yard while a mechanic looks over a few items on the railroad's other... (more)

Another gorgeous day for the passengers of the Road to Paradise, as a local visitor and rider chats with the crew of Strasburg Rail Road decapod #90 back at the station in East Strasburg. This pho... (more)

Our railfan couple from Groff's Grove take a stroll along the station platform in East Strasburg prior to boarding their train with a picnic lunch in hand. The station at East Strasburg is an 1882... (more)