Thousands of people came out to celebrate Ashland Train Day 2013 in the namesake town in Virginia November 3rd. Manifest Q401 lumbers south though town, stealing the show from all the other attrac... (more)

Northeast Regional (formerly Twilight Shoreliner and Night Owl) train number 67 sees the light of day by the time he reaches Ashland, Virginia. Today there are a handful of passengers in Ashland w... (more)

Southbound Northeast Regional train 95 highballs Ashland, VA on it's way to Newport News, VA.

The daily southbound intermodal, today symbolled as Q033, rolls past the Ashland, VA Amtrak Station on a daily New York City Metro to Jacksonville, FL UPS and UMAX trailer run. This train is heade... (more)

Amtrak train 53, southbound "Auto Train" rolls over the grade crossings in downtown Ashland, VA on it's way from Lorton, VA taking the some early snowbirds and other vacationers down to Sanford, F... (more)

Some bonus on a normally uniform train. P080, daily Amtrak "Carolinian" from Charlotte, NC to New York City rolls though Ashland, VA with an Ex- Seaboard Pullman "Hollywood Beach" and Milwaukee Ro... (more)

The Conductor off of Amtrak NE Regional 95 gives a friendly wave to myself and fellow railfans on the platform in Ashland, Virginia... Just departing from the regularly scheduled station stop.

Amtrak's Palmetto, bound for Savannah, GA, rumbles through Ashland, VA, on a beautiful summer morning.

Southbound intermodal passing through Ashland on a beautiful summer morning.

The southbound Tropicana Juice train passes by the front entrance to the Randolph Macon College campus in Ashland, VA. Today's train is lead by "the W. Thomas Rice Special".

A very late #125 heads south down the middle of Railroad Avenue in Ashland. A double track mainline down the middle of the street on a median makes this one awesome place to catch a few trains.

The auto train heads south through Ashland.

Yes It's Big! The Auto Train slides through Ashland.

CSX #405-05 rolls through Ashland this morning with families enjoying the passing train. April 2013.

Southbound CSX K651 rolls along South Center St. in Ashland, VA on April 9, 2000 with SD60M No. 8772. K651 was used primarily to return empty Tropicana cars, but frequently carried a block of Flo... (more)