End of the line for former Norfolk & Western SD45 1774. Sitting on a radial turntable track at Shaffers Crossing, the unit has been stripped of usable parts and awaits a trip to the scrap yard. Be... (more)

Southern RY 4501, owned by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, is northbound at High Point NC on this sunny day. Notice one of the crew members above the cab roof. At this point in time the engi... (more)

Before she was a Star…Sitting on a parking lot display track at the B&O Railroad Museum, C&O H-6 2-6-6-2 #1309, looks as forlorn as the weather the day I visited the museum. Who could have imagi... (more)

Diesel scrap and a little red boat...N&W GP9 743 and 797 are well on their way to oblivion in this shot of Cycle Systems Scrap Yard.

Southern Ry 630, owned by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, pulls one of the early Norfolk Southern 21st Century Steam trips. Here she is northbound crossing from Main-1 to Main-2 at the Salis... (more)

The early morning fog hangs on as Nickel Plate 587 and Norfolk & Western 1218 roll an excursion on the S-Line from Salisbury NC to Asheville NC.

Former Southern Ry SD40-2 3294, leads a southbound mixed freight leaving Pomona Yard. The second unit is Norfolk & Western SD40-2 6127 and the third unit is former Norfolk & Western C30-7 8042.

A solid trio of Southern Ry livery, lead by GP50 7067, rolls south with a mixed freight.

NS 6939 is leading an eastbound mixed freight and has just eased to a stop on the trestle over the Tug Fork River at Welch West Virginia. The old Norfolk & Western Color Position Light Signals are... (more)

NS 3485 leads a southbound mixed freight near Spencer NC. 3485 was originally Burlington Northern 7281 built in March of 1980.

The local switcher passes by the Roanoke Amtrak Station with four cars in tow. 6079 is former Norfolk & Western 6079 still going strong at 46 years old.

Boy were we spoiled! From 1987 to 1992 both of these fantastic steam engines were running mainline excursions and ferry moves on the Norfolk Southern System. This double headed run is somewhere so... (more)

Ready to Go! N&W 1218 will shortly be towed out of the Roanoke Transportation Museum and then on to Birmingham Alabama to be overhauled. Sections of panel track have been laid into the museum fro... (more)

NS 5406, former Conrail 6712, leads an eastbound coal train on the Pocahontas Division heading for Bluefield West Virginia.

NS 8667 leads a westbound empty grain train out of the Huger Twin Tunnels on a cold March day in West Virginia.