Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Alco #367 is spotted with fresh primer in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard in Staunton, Virginia. Behind #367 is GP-9 #6512.

Trespassing in Climax Territory. It's long been known that geared steam locomotives are the masters of logging track. "Logging track" is a kind way of saying track that is hastily... (more)

Tree-Tunnel Time Traveler. Amid the shadows and highlights of the lush tree-tunnel just west of Durbin, WV, the former Meadow River Lumber Company Heisler #6 slowly makes her way south on t... (more)

Portrait of the C&O Durbin Line. Folks who've read about, but never actually seen the old C&O Durbin Line may have formed a mental image of picturesque, well-manicured right-of-way along a ... (more)

Running the Greenbrier River. Cass Heisler #6 looks right at home hauling a short freight along the Greenbrier River just a couple of miles south of Durbin, WV on a sunny spring morning. S... (more)

V-Twin Power. No, she's not a Harley, but if you talk to the crews, she rides a bit like one. This is the former Meadow River Heisler #6, a 1929-vintage, 3-Trucker which was originally bu... (more)

Photo Freight on the former Western Maryland Railway.

Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad GP9 #6512 is seen sitting on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Yard in Staunton, Virginia.

It's not everyday you watch a steam locomotive take the backroads of West Virginia to reposition itself for a series of new excursions. That's exactly what happened with the Durbin & Greenbrier Va... (more)

A B&W seem fitting in retro spec to the B&O heritage engine that the SVRR is sporting around these days. Rumor has that the Alco RS-11 they are restoring to full operation will go back to its orig... (more)

As a child nothing could beat hearing the sound of an approaching train off in the distance and now that I'm grown, well that inner child just comes right back out! Only today it was two fold as I... (more)

The Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SVRR) local crosses over Statler Boulevard.

Leading the Cheat Mountain Salamander consist, Western Maryland EMD BL2 No. 82 idles at the former town site of Spruce during the DGVR's annual Great Train Race celebration. This is one of ... (more)

Paired with Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad GP9 #40 in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Staunton, Virginia is former C&O caboose #3260 and former Virginia Central caboose #903107.