Norfolk & Western T6 36 lets out a snort as it puts its shoulder into a cut of empty hoppers at Lamberts Point, Virginia. I always thought that the T6 sounded more like an overgrown farm tractor t... (more)

A pair of NPBL SW1200s working at Portsmouth in March 1975

Sleepy Time Down South – Seaboard Coast Line GP9 948 idles alongside the 1885 Suffolk, Virginia station built for the Seaboard & Roanoke railroad, which became part of the Seaboard in 1911. When ... (more)

The Norfolk and Western acquired the bankrupt Atlantic and Danville in 1962 and renamed it Norfolk, Franklin and Danville. For a long time the NFD operated with two former Atlantic and Danville R... (more)

Two nose-to-nose GP30s on an Interstate mine run depart the lower reaches of the transloader complex at Appalachia simultaneously as two GP38s depart for Southern's St. Charles Branch.

This photo is from my slide collection . This picture was taken by my late brother Mark Clark. It might look familiar to some of you because my brother was with Everett Young who had almost the ... (more)

A southbound coal train rolls through Appalachia, VA en route to a Clinchfield connection at St. Paul, VA.

The northbound Tropicana train passes by the remains of old AY tower at the south end of Acca Yard behind the premier SCL power of the day, 3 U36Bs. The train is on the former ACL while the tail e... (more)

An era sadly gone from American railroading is depicted in this scene of cabooses of two L&N freights passing at Appalachia, VA in 1974 during a light snow fall. The train in the siding (left) is ... (more)

Many locomotive historians count SCL No. 1 (a de-rated SD35) as the first one to be lettered for the "Family Lines," a non-railroad that served as a combined moniker for the companies under (then)... (more)

A westbound hopper train trundles along and is nearing the location where the railroad departs the New River. The roundhouse has securely tucked the old Alcos in between the good units as they we... (more)

C&O U25B No. 8107 was positioned for load testing in Clifton Forge, VA on July 28, 1979. At the time, U25Bs were dropping like flies, with plenty of them retired and stored at Clifton Forge. I g... (more)

A mine run returns to the Dante yard. Mine turns were run 5-6 days a week and yielded a strong majority of the coal on the Clinchfield. Coal would return to the yard in Dante and would be weighed ... (more)

THe day is just about over for the crew of this southbound as it motors through Richmond's north side.

A solo SD40 switches a cut of loaded coal hoppers out in the Dante yard south of the scale house. By 1979, seeing a unit still in original gray and yellow was rare as most of them had been in the ... (more)