Norfolk Southern's Geometry Train inspecting toward Alexandria.

A splash of orange leading the Valley's only even-numbered southbound intermodal.

A beefy EMD duo drags the empty Derwood trash turn back east through downtown Gaithersburg.

NS 290 snaking through the beautiful Virginia countryside at last light on the outskirts of Front Royal.

Amtrak's Westbound Cardinal enters the Buckingham Branch RR at Orange, VA. After a speedy run down the continuous welded rail of the ex-SOU Washington District, its now many miles of slow jointed... (more)

NS 11R spotted south of Culpeper. Unfortunately this classic boxcar frame SOU signal bridge and other relic signals in the area are not long for this world.

Q249 en route to Jessup with some local traffic in tow.

Q217 approaching the DC/MD state line as it blasts through the Brentwood Intermediates. Q401 is seen stopped on Track 2 waiting to head south.

A duo of ES40s brings a heavy Q439 west on the newly double tracked Alexandria Extension.

Two SD70M-2's and a SD40-2 charge south on the high speed FEC main with hotshot train 101 in tow.

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr toting another Sprinter at last light.

Unit steel pellet train K520 slowing to a stop in downtown Garrett, PA. They are about to cut off the helper that assisted their heavy train up the grade (barely visible in the distance).

Amtrak's California Zephyr No. 6 seen traversing one of the many tight s-curves on UP's Donner Pass route.

UP's Global 3 to Oakland Stacker battling the harsh conditions near Donner Summit. Notice the last active searchlight bridge on Donner Pass in the background. Brrrrrr!

CSX's Cumberland to Hagerstown Turn seen returning west with 100+ cars in tow.