Nearing the end of its ferry move from the North Carolina Museum of Transportation to the Virginia Museum of Transportation, NW 611 blasts past the N&W CPLs at Villamont.

Q542 pops out of tunnel 8 and rumbles onto bridge 36, beginning the climb out of the Kentucky River valley.

With three on the headend and two on the rear, 7200 ft. Q539 emerges from tunnel 9 on Crooked Hill attempting their best steam engine impression.

611 thunders past the soon to be replaced CPLs at Villamont on the Blue Ridge grade. With the 25 mph slow order at the bottom of the mountain, 611 finally had to work hard as she accelerated back ... (more)

In an absolute down pour, N&W 611 eases into Danville on its way home to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Sometime in September, 611 will again return to the North Carolina Museum of Transpo... (more)

Shortly after 7 a.m in the small city of Thomasville, North Carolina, the early Monday morning quietness is briefly disturbed as N&W 611 thunders through, heading home for Roanoke. The J traveled ... (more)

Drifting towards Roanoke, N&W 611 passes the endangered N&W CPLs at CP Webster with the Blue Ridge Mountains looming in the background. Minus the domes and the vehicles parked beside the road,this... (more)

A good place to live and, at the moment, a good place to be. After the final passengers deboarded the train, Southern 4501 eases across State Street (the street is split down the middle between Vi... (more)

Paralleling Riverview Road just North of Akron, Nickel Plate Road 765 charges through the rural country side during the final weekend of trips at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.

Sporting pink flags in honor of Mother's Day, 611 thunders under the Blue Ridge Parkway in the small community of Bonsack, enroute to Lynchburg with the first trip of the day out of Roanoke.

Two friends and myself arrived early at Blue Ridge Saturday morning figuring we would be one of the first people there. Much to our surprise, they were already 30-40 people scattered in several pl... (more)

With cylinder cocks open, Southern 630 blasts out of the Bristol, VA/TN station en route to Radford, VA with the "Radford Rambler", a round trip passenger excursion operating over the Norfolk Sout... (more)

CSX Q699 storms upgrade at Carfax, Va. on the Kingsport Subdivision with a 90 car freight train. September 8th, 2013.

Located just south of Clincho, Va, Sykes Mill Tunnel has seen many changes since being built in 1921. Its seen two railroad mergers (Clinchfield-Family Lines-CSX), changes in motives power (steam ... (more)

In the last rays of sunlight, finds an empty coal train rolling downhill after cresting the grade about a mile or so back at Little Tom Tunnel. The train would continue on to Norton before switchi... (more)