Grinding upgrade on the former N&W mainline ay Keystone, a pair of brand new ACe's assist eastbound NS Q62 over Elkhorn Grade.

After loading at Quincy, the Virginian heritage SD70ACe sits tied down in the yard at Alloy on the head end of 100 loads of coal for Roanoke. In a few short hours, the train will be ascending the ... (more)

Four different locomotive models and two manufactures are represented at Russell's servicing facility on a cold January night. From left to right, a GE C40-8, GE ES44DC, EMD SD60M, and EMD SD70AC ... (more)

Eastbound on the N&W mainline, two brand new consecutively numbered EMD SD70ACe's assist NS Q62 upgrade at Kimball. The 130 loads, enroute to Roanoke with two head end locomotives and two Bluefiel... (more)

Brand new NS SD70ACe's No. 1174 and No. 1173 assist eastbound NS Q62 upgrade near Big Four Tunnel No. 2. The Bluefield based helpers are assisting 130 loads of W.Va. toward the summit of Elkhorn, ... (more)

After emerging from Welch tunnel, two brand consecutively numbered EMD SD70ACe's assist an eastbound NS Q62 upgrade on NS' busy Pocahontas District between Williamson and Bluefield.

After coupling onto the NS Q62 at Sandy Huff, a pair of brand new consecutively numbered EMD SD70ACe's assist eastbound coal loads toward Bluefield, shoving into Roderfield tunnel on the N&W mainl... (more)

On an unusually humid night, CSX Q698 eases into the curve at WD Cabin, eastbound on CSX's Big Sandy Subdivision with a leased SD40-2 in the lead. The nocturnal run adjacent to the Big Sandy River... (more)

After ascending Clark's Gap with six motors and 100 loads, light engines return west to Elmore, passing the Virginian searchlight signals at Herndon with NS' Virginian Railway heritage SD70ACe bri... (more)

An almost step back in time... Norfolk Southern's Virginian Railway SD70ACe is framed by the former Virginian electric catenary at Alpoca as a set of motors return light to the Virginian ya... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal No. 50 eases into the capital city of Charleston, W.Va. eastbound on the C&O main. In addition to its standard consist, No. 50 featured two head end GE P42DC's a... (more)

Metra F40PH No. 132 leads a westbound commuter along UP's Harvard Subdivision on the railroad's "Northwest Line" after departing the station at Clybourn.

2014 was certainly the year for unusual motive power lashups across most Class I railroads. Here, NS 272 passes the now replaced N&W CPL's at "Dean", eastbound on NS' Kenova District wit... (more)

For two days each year, there's a very slight possibility to catch two Amtrak trains side-by-side along former C&O rails in an obscure, albeit interesting town situated along the banks of the New ... (more)

Crossing the Coal River and into downtown St. Albans, brand new BNSF SD70ACe No. 8477 leads an eastbound crude oil on the former C&O main to Hinton. The loaded train is enroute to the Yorktown, Va... (more)