Sunset at Shawsville.

Heading a train that was abolished and replaced with 12T is a commemorative unit which has acquired "character", blemishes showing experience and longevity. What most of us getting old a... (more)

A solo SD40-2 switches out the west end of CSX's Acca Yard outside of Richmond, Virginia on a clear April evening. It's current cut of cars is made up of flatcars loaded with blue trash containers... (more)

"Hastings" (my nickname for it anyway) is rolling through the beautiful campus of this small (but growing) liberal arts school. They will pause briefly on the main at CP Glade and we'll... (more)

With its work completed in the yard, Norfolk Southern manifest freight 12Z pulls east through downtown Roanoke, Virginia and passes by the Amtrak station. The train will stop and wait for a cab to... (more)

Troutville Blues: On a stormy December Morning, NS 12Z with NS 8098, the Conrail Heritage Unit, charges northbound through the soon to be expiring N&W CPLs in Troutville, Virginia, as it continue... (more)

Lamberts Loads: NS 4462 leads loaded coal train NS 598 eastbound into Lamberts Point Coal Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, on a lovely spring evening.

Approaching a meet with intermodal #278 this WB mixed freight has nears the signal for the east end of the long siding which is oddly positioned well east of the actual switch. The track makes an... (more)

Short stuff. Awaiting an EB freight this tiny intermodal train can use our short passing siding, a relatively rare event. A good day for me.

The high-and-wide load that had been causing delays on the subdivision wasn’t terribly high or wide as it rode behind the two lead engines on the southbound M301. It’s seen here passing by the... (more)

History is made on the RF&P Subdivision as the first train being led by an engine without cab signals since the recent suspension of the use of this technology makes the journey down the line. Aft... (more)

NS 289 overtakes a coal train that is sitting on the siding at Berryville/Audley. The building on the left has since been demolished.

L129 drops off cars for the morning's L103 in Stephens City before continuing on to work Agmark in Strasburg. The propane facility at Stephens City is a busy place and the primary customer t... (more)

Under an impressive sky, the WW crew has finished its work and prepped a train for the morning to head to Gore. This is the base of operations for the 102 crew at Clear Brook.

This WB intermodal cruises past the approach signal for both CP Wyndale and CP Abingdon. The new 136# welded rail has been kicked out for installation later in the spring. Wyndale is a CP where ... (more)