Coals train that come in off the Pokey struggle into the yard at Bluefield. Helpers assist the train til they come to a stop for crew change. Here a pair of AC GEVO's are dug in as they push hard ... (more)

The UP 7814 leads a Norfolk Southern stack train through the West Yard in Roanoke.

NS 6757, former Conrail SD60M, leads train 38Q east near Rural Retreat, VA at Crockett siding.

In the former N&W's "Land of Plenty"

Photographer- George Povall from my collection. First day of the 1957 NRHS convention in Roanoke, VA finds J Class 4-8-4 #608. This engine may have just come off the eastbound leg of the Poca... (more)

Running as the Norfolk Southern special train 045P127, Bennett Levin's train of pristine Pennsylvania Railroad varnish - complete with pair of E8As that were PRR, Conrail and PRR again - is seen s... (more)

Southbound Amtrak Northeast Regional Virginia Service train 99 from Boston, MA to Newport News is running fifteen-minutes late when it makes a station stop at the Ashland-Hanover Visitor's Center ... (more)

Built 1919, still going strong nearly 100 years later!

Westbound N&W Y6b 2180 gets a run for Christiansburg grade at Elliston, Va

Norfolk Southern's Lackawanna Heritage unit is one half of the helper set from Bluefield. They are running around the train they will assist at Falls Mills for the final shove into the yard at ... (more)

As the sun begins to set, an hour and a half late east Amtrak Cardinal rolls into Charlottesville, Va., as it crosses the diamond with Norfolk Southern's Piedmont Division along the rails of the f... (more)

On a warm, mosquito filled, summer night finds NS' SD70ACe 1017 and 1000 on point of a loaded train at Toms Creek. VA. The train is awaiting a crew to take the train to either Bluefield, VA or Bul... (more)

N&W SD35 No. 1533 leads a set of six-axles eastbound with a manifest freight through Crewe, Va.