After making a rare westbound run up the Whitethrone District, NS 51E thunders along the muddy New River with solid BNSF ACe power.

NS work train 90Z has just left Roanoke and is heading north towards Shenandoah on the Roanoke District. It was nice to see this train rolling through the beautiful Virginia summertime countrysid... (more)

Amtrak train 156 is led by heritage unit 145 as it speeds towards Washington DC on a beautiful spring morning.

NS 4001, the second AC44C6M ever built for NS, leads NS intermodal train 22A. The train is passing Shawsville, VA.

Two BNSF GEs charge up the grade at track speed with 811 in tow. It's been years since I've seen foreign power on a coal train so it was nice to see two big orange locomotives leading a train to ... (more)

A Union Pacific Tier 4 locomotive leads a slow 273 up the Christiansburg grade on a beautiful spring afternoon.

NS 19M passes Shawsville, VA behind NS and BNSF GEs as storm clouds loom in the background.

NS 126 glides downgrade at Shawsville, VA. The rare leader of this train is a BNSF SD70MAC.

Amtrak 46 "Connecting America for 50 Years" leads train 156 out of Roanoke, VA on a sunny early spring morning. The famed Dr. Pepper and H&C coffee signs can be seen on the left side of... (more)

A BNSF coal train bound for the Powder River Bason rolls down the middle track in Downers Grove, IL. If you look closely at the close track, you can see the nose of a Metra locomotive shoving a t... (more)

A coal train headed for Elmore, WV rolls through some pleasant evening light on the last day of winter in 2023.

NS 821 accelerates after stopping to turn on the second locomotive. The train is led by the Illinois Terminal Heritage Unit as it passes Shawsville, VA in some beautiful golden hour light.

The sun had just popped out at the end of an overcast day to highlight the DPU of an eastbound loaded CSX coal train as rolls past the Amtrak flag stop in Alderson, WV. It was one of those "... (more)

NS 201 passes the "big tree" in Elliston, VA. The train is led by two heritage units-the 1072 Illinois Terminal and the 8025 Monongahela. The train was originally led by 8025 and the A... (more)

NS 12Z heads north past the old N&W CPL signals at Lithia, VA behind two Union Pacifics. The train is passing a siding, and the other set of CPLs guarding the north side of the CP can be seen on ... (more)