After some delays in the NS Radford Yard, Chattanooga-bound Manifest 127 makes its way across the former Norfolk & Western Bridge over the New River.

“Moving the Weight of the World..” Poking out into the sunlight at Dry Fork, Richard and Calvin hustle the hot 24X north with the newest edition to the special paint fleet on the point of t... (more)

A westbound intermodal is at the location where trains often stop to wait to get into Bristol. Numbers change, but usually there is one train with domestic containers each way a day and one with ... (more)

Former BN, ex BNSF unit, local power, has been spotted at an odd location because 4501 is in town.

Madness from Selkirk: After the recent cab signal suspension, the power running the Selkirk/Waycross set (M409 and M410) had been less than interesting...until this lashup came out. Assumedly serv... (more)

Former BN, ex BNSF unit now has a number which used to be on one of my NS favorites, a B32-8. Power for locals V19 and V40.

Just as they have for decades another train passes Mr. Goodson's mailbox but today there is no garden between the road and the railroad indicating Mr. Goodson has gone. His unique old mailbox sti... (more)

A quartet of CSX GE's lead empty coal train E123 as it departs from Fulton Yard in Richmond, Virginia and begins its trek to the West Virginia coal fields after unloading at Newport News. The trai... (more)

Running under an odd symbol for a work train, a "Lucky Loader" is moving EB on the high fill behind a former Southern unit at one of the few places on this line that affords a wide view ... (more)

Shawsville Shove: NS 1092 grinds up the grade through Shawsville, Virginia, as it brings empty grain train NS 51X westbound. The train makes its push toward Bluefield, West Virginia.

Falling South: NS 4743 leds southbound train NS 15T through the N&W CPLs in Twin Falls, Virginia, in the middle of the night. These signals are running on borrowed time, as replacements loom.

In a rare move Bristol based local turn V19 has run east to deliver something somewhere in the morning. This must have been a hot load which couldn't wait for the V40s night run. Spring is burst... (more)

M415 passes HN Cabin and crosses the BB at Doswell in the late evening.

A solo AC44C6M rebuild leads southbound manifest NS 11Z by a CPL in Troutville, VA. New signals are on sight for replacement in the near future.

A well-timed rerouted grain train surprises us as we spend some free time railfanning in Lorton, VA near the Chaney Concrete facility. This train was rerouted due to a derailment caused by a rocks... (more)