Altoona's Prisoner: It seemed like NS 1074, the Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western Railroad HU, was never going to escape from the Juniata shops in Altoona, PA, but lo and behold, it roams the rails ... (more)

Norfolk Southern, NS C39-8E 8687 leads as intended, long hood forward a westbound hopper train at, Narrows, Virginia. June 11, 1988. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

The Road Less Traveled: The NS Whitethorne District commonly sees loaded unit trains routed on this line due to the easier grades, but it was daily manifest 18W that was lined up the old Virginian... (more)

Green on Green: The NS Illinois Terminal heritage unit makes perfect timing for us as it leads NS 812 around this bend near Ironto, VA. Heavy fog persisted throughout this fall morning but cleared... (more)

The still fresh after a paint job Lackawanna heritage unit leads a long NS 12Z north over the trestle in Troutville, VA.

Right at sunset, L129 heads into Winchester with a YN2 leader and some storm clouds brewing in the distance. The train is briefly stopping at the former B&O Station (designed by Francis Baldwin a... (more)

NS 820 with export coal loads for Lamberts Point in Norfolk at Kumis on the former Virginian mainline

NS 8143, leading a westbound container train, exits Montgomery Tunnel at Montgomery Virginia.

The 3-hour late Silver Meteor #98 rolls through the town of Centralia, VA as it approaches its next stop in Richmond. The hot and humid morning makes for some interesting low-hanging cloud covera... (more)

With the sun setting behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, NS 275 crosses the James River Bridge as it heads into Lynchburg for a crew change

On a sunny almost-winter day, fresh from a meet with 12Z at Glade, this westbound merchandise train is racing through another small community like so many that lie along Virginia's artery connecti... (more)

In someone's backyard this EB intermodal is heeling into the superelevated curve at a high spot on this hill-and-dale line.

On a pleasant spring day this short intermodal, running westbound at this point, has gone in the hole for an eastbound coal train. I can imagine the one gentleman is explaining to the other that ... (more)

NS 8143 leads a westbound container train upgrade at Shawsville Virginia.

NS 8143 leads a westbound container train around the sweeping curve at Singer Virginia.