I guess if the Gulf of Mexico is considered the Atlantic Ocean, then we used to have a transcontinental railroad. I think that's green. It would have looked better if I didn't have to think so h... (more)

Talk about a survivor, this thing is probably running around still after at least three rebuilds.

Photo by unknown. No name on slide.

Has it really been almost 40 years? Ugly lasts forever maybe? Some people may have changed their opinion but these have not grown on me.

There's just something about 4-axle GEs. N&W bought a huge bunch of them but they were always first to go into storage and last out. This one is probably waiting for its trip to sunny Mexico, th... (more)

Somewhere else in have a scenery shot of this. Here is the roster. They went everywhere in their second (third?) career but they are getting really hard to find these days.

On a holiday weekend everything was laid up and picking was easy but we missed getting a road train on this now defunct former Bethlehem Steel operation.

Rushing an eastbound excursion toward Radford the classic Mikado attracts some bovine attention in the bucolic interlude between Marion and the vast metropolis of McMullan. When there don't miss ... (more)

Executive Fs looking more in character with a freight train ready to head west make a fine sight in one of the most photographed re-creations.

Work trains do the humble job of keeping the line in good working order and that involves some interesting operations.

Westbound double stacker roars thru a great little town passing the historic 1857 Section Foreman House built in a classic style that lasted until N&W quit building houses. I have a copy of the e... (more)

Eastbound train running westbound on the Bristol line roars past the 1857 Section Foreman's house, a B&B at the time, now for sale. Let's hope we don't lose this fine example of "N&W architecture... (more)

Westbound empties tackle the big hill west ot Tazewell on the Clinch Valley sub's sawtooth profile. The bridge in the background has been closed for years but represents dozens of the type that u... (more)

TTI got one opportunity to strut their stuff, on a few miles of the former C&O main which was used as a lead to the transloader. Here a former Seaboard veteran roars by doing what all real locomo... (more)

They won't pass this way again. Unique units await dismantling back in the woods in a tiny southern town. I was there 6 weeks ago and there was no indication this operation ever existed.