STARLIGHT and COLOR LIGHTS!... Under a beautiful night sky, having displayed this aspect countless times, the southbound signal illuminates a high green (meaning clear track ahead) for the next s... (more)

The southends clear signal is just seconds away from being knocked down by a charging Fairburn, GA bound intermodal train.

UP 9908 leads CSX Q647-29 through Roanoke, AL

After stopping in Roanoke, Q647 gets underway and continues to battle Roanoke hill.

Q647 prepares to stop at Roanoke to have a brief word with MOW.

Pointing east as the sun rises on a new day, GE and EMD power allow me to snap a quick shot of them together before the wide-cab CSX engine #9022 keeps things moving with freight for Rice Yard in... (more)

A single EMD locomotive brings Herzog empties underneath one of several old wooden bridges that allow traffic to pass over the CSX Lineville Subdivision.

Making an early appearance through Roanoke, CSX power and intermodal containers roll into a wall of fog while traveling south next to the siding and house track holding MOW Equipment at the time.

Some MOW Equipment resides in the siding as traffic over the Lineville Sub keeps moving north and south. Next up, a 201 car train full of containers makes its way south (passing a Ballast Regulat... (more)

After attending Super Bowl Llll in Atlanta, GA at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the BNSF Office Car Special heads north through Roanoke with executives and important people from the BNSF Railway Com... (more)

A sea of Maintenance-of-Way Equipment covers nearly every inch of rail that makes up the 4,290 feet siding here at Roanoke. There's a lot of work that needs to be done, so a massive Tie Gang was ... (more)

Sharp winding curves combined with wheel flanges and rail produce a squeal that cuts through the foliage announcing the arrival of intermodal train Q186. The orange of BNSF Heritage 2 paint on th... (more)

Fog lies low to the ground as a stranger dressed in black and white arrives in Roanoke. In a hurry to keep moving over these foreign rails, NS locomotive #8136 keeps the brakes applied waiting fo... (more)

A welded rail train is tied down in the siding here with an Ex- Chessie System caboose on the rear. Meanwhile, intermodal containers roll by over the mainline with a BNSF GE Heritage 2 locomotive... (more)

Todays southbound manifest train Q515 maneuvers through Roanoke with 5 CSX GE locomotives on the point. The fifth locomotive (#3098) was added not far from here due to two of these engines not wo... (more)