Passengers on the Southern Loops! It's hard to imagine the weather could have been any nicer for the North Carolina Transportation Museum's 2010 fall foliage excursions. This year's rare-milage tr... (more)

Autumn Leaf Special from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer to Asheville and return.

Autumn Leaf Special from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer to Asheville and return.

Autumn Leaf Special from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer to Asheville and return.

Idling in Hinton, waiting to proceed west, the final run of the 2010 New River Train prepares for departure in the afternoon sun.

The New River Train makes a stop at the St. Albans depot to let off passengers on its way back to Huntington. The sold out train with 28 passenger cars from all around the country and around a tho... (more)

A "Friends of the Milwaukee 261" excursion compliments the fall colors. A nice touch is the magnetic Hiawatha Logo on the front of the clean Amtrak unit.

Friends of the 261 Fall Colors Excursion heads down the CP River Subdivision. Very few railfans out chasing this train today, which was suprising even though the 261 was not leading. Notice the ... (more)

The Empire Builder heads east through the small town of West Salem just after departing La Crosse on time.

The fall colors are at peek here in Newport News as the conductor walks ahead of the train throwing switches while the train heads toward the wye. The train will be turned for the return run back... (more)

A Northeast Reginal train from Boston rolls under classic C&O signals as it arrives ontime at the final stop of Newport News Va. From here passengers are bused over to Norfolk.

I'm glad I showed up early to wait for SP 4449. This would be the best sun I had all day! An hour later when the steam train arrived it was dark and cloudy. The eastbound Empire Builder does lo... (more)

The Deuce is loose! Number 2 heads east on Number 2 at Mexico. E819 waits on Number 1 for it to clear behind lone ES44AH 811.

Super clean Amtrak 2 trails the inbound Lincoln Service 302, shortly after leaving Joliet. Double ended trains seem to be common practice on the Joliet Sub lately.

Amtrak's "Crescent" heads North on Norfolk Southern's Washington District line, passing through Calverton, VA.