The old reliable glorified local Chattanooga to Roanoke is dragging thru a swag just east of "town". Way in the back is a bit of color, always a welcome sight in the land of what seems ... (more)

NS's OAR train heads north on a nice spring evening past an old farm.

While ultimately a westbound train, 289 heads east on the B-Line through Front Royal's outskirts at Happy Creek with some nice late fall color. In the far left distance Christendom College's new ... (more)

14Z heads north with a former CMQ locomotive as its rear DPU.

NS 13Z heads south with a solid cut of trash loads on the head end. About a month after this the trash loads began being set off in Greencastle, PA at the idled intermodal facility and unit trash... (more)

The WW102 heads south through Clear Brook with a new tank car transload operation in the background on a snowy morning.

11Z heads south with trash loads along US340 at the "Overall" trestle on a nice spring afternoon with an EMD leader.

Hauling a big mix of everything this mundane merchandize is dressed up today with a celebrity unit. The train is operating on a track that has bisected this small campus since Civil War days. Th... (more)

The WW102 heads light to Gore over the "Sandman Branch." This portion of the line has not seen any revenue moves since January of this year when the sand mine in Gore closed.

A westbound empty grain train heads west through southwest Virginia with the 8103 trailing second.

The WW102 services my scrap yard. I recently rehabilitated a portion of track that was buried/out of service to accommodate 5 cars at a time vs 3. This is one of the first runs of 5.

L129 heads north/east with a YN2 leader in late evening light. Any type of nose light at this location is only possible on the longest days of the year.

After getting pulled out of Fulton Yard by a helper crew, empty Herzog ballast train W083 is heading south on the CSX Bellwood Subdivision as it crosses the James River after rolling through the t... (more)

A minor battle won, having topped the hump coming east out of Abingdon this mixed, semi local, that works the major yards, is beginning to get a little roll on as it progressed across the Old Domi... (more)

A pair of GE's lead loaded Norfolk Southern coal train 778 as it crosses the floodplain of the Staunton River and heads towards the main span. The train is slowly rolling through the junction at t... (more)