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)

CSXT 911 is paired with a heritage unit yet again, this time with the NYC unit instead of the RF&P unit we saw it with earlier this year. Seeing lashups like this may become slightly more common a... (more)

An uncommon P42DC takes charge of this edition of the northbound Auto Train as they chase the nearby M300 on the adjacent track. With no time to waste, every bit of track speed was being utilized ... (more)

A Washington, D.C.-bound VRE service operating on the Fredericksburg Line crosses the Powell’s Creek Trestle near Woodbridge, VA. Photo taken from Leesylvania State Park.

Amtrak 153 departs Ashland with an NS C6M and P42 for power.

The Silver Meteor passes a crowd in Ashland behind a P42 pair.

Notheast Regional Train from Newport News, Va to Boston, Ma. arriving at the Ashland Amtrak Station. P42DC 150 and seven passenger cars including Cafe car 43367.

Relatively new ALC-42 #329 leads southbound Silver Star #91 under our drone near the Potomac Shores neighborhood. The once bustling, now indefinitely closed, Tim’s Rivershore Restaurant can be s... (more)

CSX ES44AH #852 leads I03110 towards the footbridge at the Rippon VRE Station. This shot is one that brings back countless memories from years ago.

Old Reliable: CSXs Louisville & Nashville Heritage Unit #1850 leads the NB Manifest M422 through the Potomac Shores neighborhood on a sunny Sunday morning with 4 additional engines in tow on the h... (more)

M422 heading northbound on track 1 through RO, hauling what appears to be a turbine part on a 12-axle flatcar. In the background is the DC National Airport.

CSX 6156 leading L133 returning back south through Alexandria after picking up a gondola car loaded with rail segments from the RO siding.

The Acca to Fredericksburg turn heads back south through Ashland with a single ex-CR GP38-2 leading.

M301 heads south at Doswell in between a fleet of Amtrak trains on the RF&P Sub.