An aging UP SD70M leads 51X grain empties through Cary.
I031 cuts through Ashland with a hot intermodal for Jacksonville.
The Carolinian heads over the diamond at Doswell behind a P42 while a couple sets of BB power rest in the background.
A P42DC, P40DC and Dash 8 lead the northbound Silver Star over the Buckingham Branch diamond at Doswell.
Amtrak 89 passes HN Cabin with a single P42 for power.
A set of GEs lead 219 coal empties out of Fulton Yard and along the James River on their way back to West Virginia for more coal loads.
E126 breaks the relative quiet in Richmond as they head along the elevated trackage between Fulton Yard and downtown Richmond. They'll soon divert onto the Buckingham Branch for the trip to Clifto... (more)
A Shelby, KY to Newport News coal train passes the interlocking at Coney Island with the Richmond skyline in the background.
A 239 car loaded coal train for the docks at Newport News heads east out of Richmond with a pair of GEs on the point.
An SD40-2 pushes on the rear of a loaded coal train for the Duke Energy plant at Hyco.
The South Boston based V23 local is put into pusher duty as they assist coal train 762 on the roller coaster terrain of the Durham District.
After stalling on their initial attempt, 762 crests one of the many hills on the Durham District at Cluster Springs.
762's DPU passes V23's power and the South Boston station. V23 would assist in shoving the train to the plant at Hyco.
762 comes off the Dan River bridge as the remaining leaves show off their fall colors on a cool day in southern Virginia.
Hyco bound train 762 approaches the Dan River as South Boston looms in the background.