Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal, train no. 50, arrives for a flagstop at Thurmond, West Virginia, in the heart of the New River Gorge.

It's often tough to get good pix while on a family vacation, but the Izaak Walton Inn perhaps offers an exception. Here between Red Bus tours and lake boat rides I found time for a morning trip o... (more)

Eastbound NS loaded coal train 730 eases through the tight confines of Natural Tunnel at 15mph as it drops down one of the steeper grades on the Appalachia District. Several park visitors can be s... (more)

NS 772 crosses over one of many trestles at Bull Run, VA between Coeburn and St. Paul, VA.