The main is out of service today and this eastbound is going thru the siding with a somewhat interesting consist of motive power.

The local was dead on the law again and the train sat the night. I'm not sure why but the unit took about an hour to quit running evidently from fuel starvation. For some reason NS did not like ... (more)

Once again the local has gone "dead on the law" and will wait in Abingdon for a crew to be bused out at a latter time. Three units consists are rare and look, these all match.

Having been in NS Rehab 6088 has been turned around and is running short hood as the official front as it rushes the local back home to Bristol.

I have soft spot for rebuilds, repowers, etc. Here a "catch" is hurrying west toward Bristol, the days work done.

Beautiful CPLs still protect the west end of the siding. Here units of the Herzog ballast train are running around the train to head back east out of the siding. They would block an important st... (more)

We occasionally get a little bonus from NS in the form of something laid up to spend the night in a friendly town, in this case a little work train of the sort that tidies up along the line from t... (more)

I wish these had caught on. They are powerful, chunky and somehow more pleasingly balanced than the six-axle sort.

The local has drawn a matched pair or rariities and running in a manner to warm a Southern man's heart. The high cubes were moving insulation from a new plant hear Chilhowie but I haven't seen an... (more)

Amid the poke berries near bursting with rich purple juice to delight any fox, this easbound train is nearing downtown led by a rather rare model for a thru train.

I like SD40-2s but my real favorite of the model is made when you take a "basic" and upgrade it with new innards. The trucks are nicer and the lengthwise etc. it's just more "balanced". As alway... (more)

Looks like the local ran out of time and tied up in Abingdon for the weekend, nicely posed. It probably will be there until Monday when the crew will start their day, run to Bristol and start the... (more)

Around and about the vernal (or is it diurnal?) equinox the sun gets on the north side of the track on the old Bristol line and we get the opportunity for some different shots. Here, in the dying... (more)

Switching Light Milling our familiar local is getting cosy with the property of the preserved 1857 Section Foreman's house. Local kids enjoy the thrill of standing over the freights as they speed... (more)

This unit was built to run this way and is scuttling EB with the V40 local. The 1652, however, has been "turned around" to short hood front but must be dreaming of the the good old days. It ha... (more)