NS train V92 heads back to Harrisonburg on a beautiful Sunday Memorial Day Weekend!

The NKP 8100 is the third heritage unit to come to the Chesapeake Western. The hertiage units usually come by way of grain trains but for what ever reason this unit was sent to Harrisonburg to do ... (more)

Chesapeake Western's V94 (Broadway) crew is holding on the main while the V91 (Extra) crew makes its final air test to pull the empty grain train out of the mill and proceed to the NS yard in Shen... (more)

Chesapeake Western's V91 crew is headed to the NS yard in Shenandoah with their grain train empty's in an unusual 5 loco lash up consisting of 2-NS dash 9's, NS SD70ACu, BNSF "Fake Bonnet" and las... (more)

Photo taken with permission. After receiving news that Chesapeake Western would be removing the last 50 TOFC cars belonging to BNSF out of storage, I hopped in the car and raced to this site. I w... (more)

The Last Run? Cruising along at track speed (a mere 10 mph), Chesapeake Western's V94 crew with #3522 leading long hood forward is pulling the last of the TOFC cars out of storage. These cars were... (more)

Not a T6 but an its an Alco on the Chesapeake Western RR once again! Shenandoah Valley's #367 has just interchanged with the Chesapeake Western at the Pleasant Valley depot and is heading south ba... (more)

Bridge out! Where? To look at this picture no one would think that approximately 55 hours prior, 5 loaded grain cars derailed and completely wiped out the previous bridge and spilled all their con... (more)

While these sitting locomotives look common, events about a mile behind them are not. While bringing in loaded gran cars to Harrisonburg, 5 cars in this consist hit the ground and in the process ... (more)

Less than 20 hours after Chesapeake Western's "Hot 70 car Grainer" had a car jump the track in "Boiler curve" some 20 cars behind the diamond, which then struck the trestle over Black's Run. The... (more)

As this grain train was arriving in Harrisonburg, Virginia today, an unfortunate derail occurred with several loaded grain cars hitting the ground. Traffic was blocked on the nearby Route 11 for ... (more)

Oh the diesel history captured in this photo! They served well for many years but for most of them time has run out. This was just some of the units stored in the former Virginian Railway yard in... (more)

Chesapeake Western's V94 (Broadway) train is tied down in the Monger's siding for the weekend. Other than CW's current office (the building just to the right of the loco out of the shot) the remai... (more)

N&W #41 (Formerly Chesapeake Western #11) is pulling the Candy Cane Express out of the yard, carrying parents and their little ones on a short ride up to Shaffer's Crossing and back. Thanks to the... (more)

Chesapeake Western's crew, V94, is seen here just south of mile post 107 on the former Southern "Manassas to Harrisonburg " branch line is returning from Broadway with a small string of ... (more)