Front Street Friends NS 4394 leads manifest 13R southbound onto the NS Lurgan Branch over the front street bridge in Harrisburg, as it meets northbound manifest 12Z.

Rockville Rs: NS 4394 leads manifest 13R eastbound across the Rockville Bridge, as the train heads through the Wye and toward the fuel pad in Harrisburg before beginning its journey south along t... (more)

13R heads across the B-Line through some Virginia wine/horse country on a Sunday evening.

13R races south just before sunset after following a very late 289 southward.

It’s a spectacular summer morning on the Norfolk Southern B-Line. Just before eleven, Norfolk Southern train 13R rumbles along Stuart Street in The Plains, Virginia. Note the friendly wave form ... (more)

Right Before Disaster: NS 13R led by NS 4181 heads south through Charlottesville around 3 PM on a warm afternoon. Little did the train know, it would only make 8 miles south over the course of th... (more)

Rounding Home: NS 13R led by NS 8143 rounds the curve through Charlottesville, VA as the train heads south through the amtrak station, as the train continues its journey toward Lynchburg.

A pair of NS ET44AC locomotives passing maintenance of way workers and the solar-powered hydraulic flange greaser/rail lubricator at Gilbert Station.

A southbound train on main two approaching Melbourne Road.

A southbound train rounding the curve at the Amtrak station platform.

Arrowheading South: NS 13R heads south through the Arrowhead valley, located about 5 miles south of Charlottesville, as the train continues its journey on the Washington District toward Lynchburg... (more)

A few minutes after sunrise on the cold winter solstice morning of December 21, 2022, southbound manifest train 13R passes the J. Douglas Galyon Depot in downtown Greensboro, NC.

Southbound manifest train 13R rolls by the city block known as Hamburger Square in downtown Greensboro, NC on a sunny Monday, December 19, 2022 morning.

A southbound train passing The Flats at West Village and stored cars on the interchange track.

Walking outside of the house and on my commute today today, the conditions certainly reminded me of this moment in the last days of 2020. Although I am certainly not a fan of dark, dreary conditi... (more)