After being released from CSX's Huntington Locomotive shops less than a week ago, CSX built GP38-3 No. 2000 and GP40-3 No. 6500 lead a loaded coal train through the yard tracks of the CSX/KRT inte... (more)

Passing alongside a Bluefield based pusher set, NS 236 arrives at Bluefield Yard under the lead power of a Canadian Pacific visitor. Heavy snows, a result of winter storm Pax have impacted NS' Po... (more)

Basking in the morning sun after winter storm Pax impacted the region yesterday, NS 380 idles in Nitro under the lead power of former BN Executive SD70MAC No. 9761 and a high hood GP38-2. Foreign ... (more)

Ascending Elkhorn grade in the final minutes of daylight, a pair of NS C40-9W's drag 100 loads of Appalachian mined coal over the N&W mainline toward Bluefield. Snow and cold temperatures have mad... (more)

As heavy snow limits visibility, an eastbound ethanol train slices through the N&W CPL's at Ingleside during one of the region's most prominent and severe winter storm systems of recent history.

Alongside Route 62, NS 380 follows the Kanawha River Valley south through Grimms Landing, enroute to Nitro from Hobson with a short freight train in tow.

Operating for its second consecutive day with foreign power, NS 380 slithers south through the rolling hills of the NS West Virginia Secondary near Arbuckle following a wet snowfall the day before... (more)

Alongside the Greenbrier River in rural West Virginia, the eastbound absolute signal at Rockland projects its stop signal indications into the east portal of Rockland Tunnel along CSX's Alleghany ... (more)

Eastbound through the community of Oakvale, UP ES44AC No. 7443 leads NS 194 downgrade on the former N&W Christiansburg District.

As a heavy snow squall blankets the Christiansburg mainline, NS 194 descends East River Mountain in full dynamics, under the lead power of a western visitor.

Obstructed by vegetation, the N&W CPL mast signs protecting the junction between N&W's Caretta Branch and the Dry Fork Branch mainline stands tall along the intersection of Routes 16 and 83 in rur... (more)

Downgrade and in dynamics, a UP ES44AC leads NS 194 into Ada along NS' Christiansburg District mainline to Roanoke.

In a cold and breezy Star City, Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 No. 1218 simmers outside of the O. Winston Link Museum during the 10th anniversary celebration of the OWL Museum. Thanks to everyone at No... (more)

On the back roads of Pike County Kentucky, a loaded export coal train destined for Bluefield and points east along the N&W mainline glides downgrade on the Buchanan Branch in full dynamics. Approa... (more)

Westbound through Berea, a pair of Union Pacific motors pass the assortment of former New York Central signals protecting the various interlockings through downtown.