Finally Home: After spending months repainted in Altoona, a fresh NS 1069 is back on the rails and makes its first journey through its namesake state of Virginia. The train is rounding the curve ... (more)

N&Ws: N&W steam engine 611 makes its journey up the Hagerstown line through the Shenandoah Valley as it will be interchanged with the Buckingham Branch for excursions. Seen here, the steam engine... (more)

Past Prospects: In a scene that is no longer possible, UP 8571 leads manifest 13Z southbound through Stuarts Draft, Virginia, as the train passes the iconic N&W CPLs that have stood the test of t... (more)

Coalin Curve: NS 7236, along with another ACU, shove a doubled-up loaded coal train down the mountain as they pass the world-famous Horseshoe Curve and head into Altoona.

Arcadian Adventures: NS 4592 leads manifest train 12Z northbound through the heart of the Virginia countryside as the train knocks down the N&W CPLs at Arcadia, Virginia, that are due to be taken... (more)

ACCing Industries: NS 1825 leads manifest train 13Z southbound through Waynesboro, Virginia, as it passes the old industrial factories after completing its work in the yard just north of here to ... (more)

Pkin South: NS 13Z heads south through the CPLs at control point Pkin, which are due to be taken down in the coming year. This train is about to meet a northbound 12Z in the siding.

Salem Style: UP 6558 brings up hotshot intermodal NS 278 through Salem, Virginia, as the clean Union Pacific visits the Star City and soon to be the port of Norfolk, VA.

Foreign Boros: UP 8022 brings up the rear of manifest 12Z through Waynesboro, Virginia, as it passes through the industrial center of the city and the target warehouse can be seen on the bottom r... (more)

50 Year Special: Northeast Regional 156, spirited with 50 year anniversary engine AMTK 108 heads north across the diamond in Charlottesville, Virginia, that connects the Buckingham Branch with th... (more)

Diamond Delight: NS 4220 leads intermodal train 289 southbound across the Charlottesville diamond in which the NS Washington District crosses the Buckingham Branch. This 289 provided some nice co... (more)

Street Storms: North Shore 2012 brings the Nittany & Bald Eagle local out of the interchange yard with NS in Tyrone, PA as it runs the streets in downtown Tyrone, as it tries to outpace the bloo... (more)

Conpit Storms: As a nasty thunderstorm falls over Johnstown, PA in the distance, manifest train NS 39G heads west through Conpit out of the rain and toward Pittsburgh.

Mobile Offices: NS 7034 leads the NS Office Car Special train east out of the New Portage Tunnel in Gallitzin, PA, as the train returns to its home base just 12 miles east in Altoona.

Game On: After spending the last few months in the shops awaiting repainting, NS 1069, the Virginian, finally sees the light of day for the first time in 3 months, as it is brought out of a bay ... (more)