Empties head north over the Lineville Subdivision bound for Indiana, and 117 more loads of coal.

A remote control EMD SD40-2 locomotive is working hard in CSX's Boyles Yard. These engines are known to be dependable and have been around for decades. This unit was built in 1977.

Looking clean with a long consist in tow, CSX engine #1776 painted in a special scheme "Spirit of Our Armed Forces" enters Roanoke with intermodal train I125-12. This engine use to be C... (more)

Autos make their way south through Junction City with CSX #3190 leading.

An empty rail train waits for another rail job as autos move through the heart of Birmingham with NS engine #9678 leading.

Fully stacked with a variety of containers, I141 heads south through the morning sunshine with partner engine CSX #560 pulling mid train duty.

After delivering one car to Mohawk Industries, the veteran crew of this EMD gets on their way to head back south.

An EMD rumble is heard through the woods of Broughton, as rail travels over the rail on CSX train W021 lead by a SD40-2 locomotive.

Southbound intermodal train I029 enters Roanoke with a single unit on the point. This engine has been rebuilt and renumbered from CSXT #219. Also assisting from the rear, is CSXT locomotive #7004... (more)

A rebuilt GE locomotive pulls grain hoppers north, in route to Indiana.

Today, my two nephews join me for some rail action. Here's the last of three trains we caught... Intermodal containers hitch a ride north on the well cars of CSX train I028. It's nice to see an E... (more)

The long consist of M648 containing 614 axles, crosses the short steel bridge at Broughton with two units up front and a mid DPU.

On the move through LaFayette Connection, empty coal hoopers head north behind some of CSX's GE power. This train would later take the siding at Standing Rock for a southbound loaded coal train.

One of CSX's new heritage locomotives rumble south through Roanoke with autos and containers. CSX Seaboard System Heritage unit #1982, was painted in Waycross, GA.

Empties leave the James H. Miller Jr Power Plant with a Heritage 2 scheme BNSF unit bringing up the rear.