Swoope Special: Empty grain train CSX G270 rolls west through Swoope, Virginia, just before sunset with a trio of YN2s on the headend of the train.

N&W 611 rounds the famed curve at Swoope on a cool fall morning.

611 eastbound through the pasturelands at Swoope.

The NW 611 leads her morning excursion east through Swoope, VA.

The NW 611 leads her morning excursion east through Swoope, VA.

611 rolls east with her adoring fans. Pacers versus chasers.

Norfolk and Western 611 pulls a train full of delighted passengers through the mountains of Virginia. The train is passing a crowd of railfans standing on a bridge in Swoope, VA. The trees are j... (more)

The 611 passes east just past Swoope, VA.

The 611 heads east through Swoope, VA on the Buckingham Branch.

Swoope Enforcement: CSXT 3914, the spirit of law enforcement, leads a westbound empty coal train through the heart of western Virginia in Swoope.

Westbound Buckingham Branch is seen between Swoope and Buffalo Gap with a short train bound for Clifton Forge.

With a tried and true AC400CW still in YN2 paint doing its best Greenbrier impression, westbound empty grain train V605 makes its way west into the sunset towards Clifton Forge and beyond.

Silo In Swoope. Amtrak Train 51 (Cardinal) approaches the Hewett Street Overpass in Swoope, Virginia on the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 2019 with P42DC 180 leading. A nice late day au... (more)

CSX 511 lumbers west along the North Mountain Sub on a pleasant October afternoon in Swoope, Va

The eastbound Cardinal proceeds at track speed through the bucolic scenery of western Augusta county.