At the moment the mainline is hot with empty ballast train W089 making its way north through Broughton. Another northbound would be the next train through, but that would be over 2 hours later.

On a cold and clear morning, I025 rolls through Broughton on the heels of auto train Q203. Only around 10% of the 152 cars on this train had containers on them.

Rolling through with 108 shiny coal hoppers, the race is on as this train rushes north racing a setting sun.

Loads of ballast fill the 60 Herzog cars that are in transport behind a couple of CSX engines at the southend of Broughton. The siding here is used quite often by both south and north bound train... (more)

Freight out of Rice Yard travels through Broughton behind a set of GE locomotives.

Containers occupy both the mainline and siding as one train waits for the other to clear. Headed straight for the lens of my Nikon camera, is CSX train Q142 and its leading GE. The mainline train... (more)

Today this north bound is composed of 380 axles, mixed freight and two GE locomotives. It is bound for Birmingham out of Rice Yard in Waycross, GA.

It's all clear for northbound intermodal train Q142. There has been clear signals through the Roanoke and Broughton area and also a beautiful clear day for the journey to the next crew change poi... (more)

Beginning to make it out of the 30mph zone, 5,783 feet of train accelerates through Broughton with the usual GE power.

CSX train Q142 makes a brief stop in the siding for intermodal train Q185.

Headed for Moncrief Yard in Jacksonville, FL, this daily operated intermodal train is the first train I saw on this early morning in Roanoke.

This train ironically matches the date of the photo. On 1/25 , CSX train Q125 heads south through Roanoke with a mammoth train measuring in at 11,000 feet. A DPU (CSX #3341) pushes on the rear.

Arriving in style today, CSX Q689 rolls into Standing Rock with all Union Pacific power. EMD SD70ACE #8742, SD70M #5071 and GE AC4400CW-CTE #6832. This was a unique lash-up, the engines were all ... (more)

Guiding todays Q648 train, is an AC unit still in YN2 paint. It's taking it slow through the siding as it prepares to stop for a southbound. After the mixed freight train passes, CSXT #418 will g... (more)

Still hundreds of miles away from its destination in Jacksonville, FL, CSXT #3399 has a train full of containers bound for Duval Yard.