Preparing for the photo runby on the return trip from Macon to Atlanta

Remember the days when Southern Railway didn't mind if you found an open vestibule and opened the top half of the Dutch door to look out? This is eastbound 4501 smoking her way into Rural Retreat,... (more)

After Southern’s ex-CP Royal Hudson picked the turntable track at Charlottesville, Virginia, seen here, the C&O sent the pr... (more)

”We’ve got a little problem here!”

When the Southern Railway’s excursions from Alexandria, Virginia reached their destination in Charlottesville, the normal procedure was to unload... (more)

For quite a few years, steam excursions from Alexandria to Charlottesville, Virginia over the Southern Railway (and later Norfolk Southern) were annual occurrences. This trip in 1979 was a little ... (more)

Assault on Brandy Station

Putting on a show for patrons of the 1979 NRHS convention, Royal Hudson 2839 crests the small hump on the Southern Railway’s main line at Brandy Station, ... (more)

The impressive wheel set of Southern Railway 4501 sits idled for a few minutes as the train sits in Lafayette to resolve a minor issue with a car.

Drifting downgrade with coal cars and about to round the big curve to pick up the gentle grade of the New River for the eastbound run to Roanoke. Was it really almost thirty years ago.

The 1218 is struggling mightily to back her train around the Front Royal wye for the layover after a trip through Manassas Gap. Although limited cutoff kept the Class A factor of adhesion at a to... (more)

Pacing 1218 up to Manassas Gap, the lowest crossing of the Blue Ridge in VA, at 887 feet above sea level. On the other side of the gap is Front Royal and the Shenandoah Valley. I wonder how the ... (more)

The local population is awed by the gigantic Class A as it articulates around the Bellevue wye after a trip to Fremont, Ohio.

The NKP 587 and N&W 1218 doubleheader is about to clatter over the diamond at Barber, on its way to the Southern Loops and Asheville, during the 1989 NRHS Convention.

A most unlikely doubleheader- the NKP 2-8-2 587 and NW 2-6-6-4 1218, as seen from standing atop the Southern Loops. The train is headed from Salisbury to Asheville, NC during the 1989 National Ra... (more)

The 1218-611 doubleheader cools its heels with the 1989 inbound NRHS Convention Special before commencing the last lap into Salisbury, NC. The people alongside give some scale to the gargantuan b... (more)

The 1218 heads south to Lynchburg, as seen through a 135 mm fixed telephoto lens.