611 makes her first run out of Goshen, VA as it heads east toward Staunton on the Buckingham Branch.
Amtrak 195 stops at the Ashland Station to pick up and drop off passengers. The locomotive paused in a perfect spot next to the RF&P steam train mural.
The HL Gladstone gets loaded with the finest black diamonds in the world by NS’s famous Coal Pier Six.
Amtrak Train 156 departing Roanoke on Labor Day Weekend Sunday morning. Eastbound past N&W East End Shop with downtown Roanoke in the background.
NS 13Z leaves the city behind as it blasts through Wabun on a blazing hot morning. The big white star on the nose of the Katy looks great as it leads 13Z west.
13Z crawls up Christiansburg grade through Shawsville, VA.
A single C6M pulls NS 273 west through Shawsville, VA.
A single C6M serves as rear DPU to 12Z in Troutville, VA.
NS 12Z heads north on the Roanoke district over the trestle in Troutville, VA.
A local gets ready to head west out of the Pulaski Yard with an old Norfolk and Western caboose bringing up the rear. Even though the caboose is sitting right next to Radford University’s campu... (more)
The Auto Train splits downtown Ashland in the late evening with a pair of aging P40s for power.
L251 works the "Hamburger Track" east of Collier Yard with a single GE for power.
Steam Ball: N&W 611 smokes up, as it heads northbound through Stuarts Draft, Virginia, as it passes the athletic and baseball complex of the town.
Hot intermodal train I031 approaches Stony Creek in the early evening on the former ACL main.
It's late afternoon and an eastbound coal train has stopped at Yards Virginia and is pulling out additional loads from Flat Top Yard to fill out it's train. Once coupled up, it will proceed east t... (more)
