Northbound Seaboard System manifest No. 410 had them in the wind as it roared through Centralia, VA on May 31, 1987. The train was running a bit ahead of schedule and from the looks of the exhaus... (more)

Southbound Seaboard System TOFC hotshot No. 175 probably had it pretty close to the 70 MPH speed limit when he blasted through Centralia, VA on March 21, 1987. The East and West Routes of the Col... (more)

The southbound Seaboard System "Hopewell Switcher" was passing through downtown Richmond, VA on March 21, 1987 with two GP40s and a GP38-2. The "Hopewell Switcher" was a turnaround job that opera... (more)

Seaboard System B36-7s No's 5862 and 5845 are just in off a northbound freight and are awaiting servicing at RF&P's Bryan Park Terminal engine facility on June 8, 1986.

Southbound Seaboard System Train No. 890 was passing over the Powhite Parkway on RF&P's James River Branch in Richmond, VA on February 21, 1983. The former ACL entered Richmond over approximately... (more)

ACL could never be accused of not adequately elevating curves. This policy carried on through SCL and into Seaboard System. The speed restriction for the curve at Falling Creek was 60 MPH. On N... (more)

Three almost new Seaboard System B36-7s were leading southbound TOFC hotshot No. 175 out of Acca Yard and past West AY interlocking in Richmond, VA on Sept. 28, 1985. The B36-7s were known for th... (more)

Chesapeake Western Alco T6 No. 11 was resting outside the shop building at Elkton, VA on June 25, 1978.

F&C Alco S2 No. 104 and Alco S4 No. 107 were pulled out of the nice, well kept diesel shop to begin a day's work on May 14, 1979.

Oglebay Norton Alco S2 No. 10 switches their coal trans-loading facility at Kenova, WV on Nov. 9, 1977.

The area in and around the James River in Richmond, VA is a study in contrasts. The river is littered with relics of Richmond's industrial past, piers from a number of abandoned bridges and crumb... (more)

An eastbound CSX unit coal train drops downgrade through Richmond, VA on the James River Viaduct on Feb 12, 2011 with AC4400CWs No's. 528 and 416. The building behind the locomotive is the Federa... (more)

An eastbound CSX unit coal train drops downgrade through Richmond, VA on the James River Viaduct on Feb 12, 2011 with AC4400CWs No's. 528 and 416. The viaduct is over two miles long and parallels... (more)

The power from eastbound Ann Arbor Train No. 502 had cut off from its train, to do some local work, in Cadillac, MI on June 19, 1981. As this was going on, westbound No. 501 was passing No. 502 o... (more)

Westbound Ann Arbor Train No. 501's run was about complete as it crossed the causeway across Lake Betsie and would shortly arrive at Boat Landing in Elberta, MI on June 18, 1981. Immediately afte... (more)