Three NS EMD SD70ACes bring a southbound train through the East Tennessee countryside at Ritta, TN on the Middlesboro line en route to Knoxville. The two lead engines, 1099 and 1098, are the two n... (more)
A cold and snowy morning at Quinnimont, WV finds two sets of CSX GE power tied down in the small yard awaiting their next work.
After serving the lone customer on the Carbon Run Branch the crew of North Shore 1940 pauses in downtown Shamokin along South 5th Street for a quick lunch break before continuing on to interchange... (more)
A trio of brand new EMD SD70ACes passes by on the mainline at Clinton, TN while three older EMDs working the T12 local hold in the clear.
NS' Norfolk & Western and original Norfolk Southern heritage engines shove on the rear of a loaded export coal train as it passes through the small community of Elkhorn, WV.
A northbound CSX Office Car Special crosses the Tennessee River in downtown Knoxville behind F40PHs 9993 and 9992 on a warm spring afternoon en route to Corbin, KY and points north.
Shortly after midnight on a mild Spring evening in Northfork, WV the small town silence is broken as NS intermodal train 218 works eastbound toward Bluefield behind NS' Virginia heritage SD70ACe #... (more)
A trio of new SD70ACes brings loaded coal train 42G through Powell enroute to Loudon, TN. These engines were delivered from Mexico less than a month ago and have been in grain train service in Ten... (more)
CSX's Office Car Special departs Corbin, KY on a rainy spring evening enroute back to Jacksonville after visiting the Louisville area for the Kentucky Derby the day prior. In the background is the... (more)
Engineer Mike Kohl and Conductor Kyle Sanders bring a trio of Reading & Northern EMDs led by SD38 #2000 and the southbound Reading Turn under the ex-PRR Schuylkill Valley Branch (now a bike path) ... (more)
Brand new NS EMD SD70ACe #1080 and #1079 bring the Knoxville-Clinton local #T12 through Heiskell on a rainy Spring afternoon.
Brand new EMD SD70ACe #1080 and #1079 bring local #T12 into Clinton, TN on a damp Saturday afternoon during their first week of revenue service. These engines were released from Mexico less than a... (more)
Brand new NS EMD SD70ACe #1081 (less than a month old) leads loaded coal train 800 as it approaches Sevier Yard in Knoxville, TN.
Fresh out of the R&N's Port Clinton shop and sporting a new coat of paint, SD38 2003 is seen here working the Tamaqua - Jim Thorpe local as it goes about spotting tank cars at Air Products near Ho... (more)
It is just shy of 10:00 p.m. on a mild Spring evening in downtown La Grange, Kentucky as CSX 5200 leads a southbound loaded autorack train through two blocks of street running along Main Street.
Southbound CSX stack train Q133 is about to enter the street running along Main Street in downtown La Grange as a vintage 1947 (or 46?) Chevrolet crosses the tracks at the 1st street crossing. The... (more)
EMD SD70ACe demonstrators 1205 & 1204 lead northbound container train Q042 at Jacksboro, TN on a rainy early spring afternoon en route to Corbin and eventually Cincinnati.
NS' Southern heritage engine #8099 leads westbound freight train 39Q through downtown Johnson City on a chilly winter night en route from Roanoke, VA to Knoxville, TN.
NS SD70M-2 2688 leads an eastbound loaded export coal train through Falls Mills, VA after a light overnight snowfall.
A pair of Canadian National engines bring an eastbound loaded NS ethanol train out of Bluefield, WV for the journey east to Roanoke on a damp and dreary Sunday evening.
A NS GP60 and SD70M lead westbound train 387 through Gate City, VA on a crystal clear late winter day en route from Knoxville, TN to Andover, VA.
A pair of CSX F40PHs bring business car train P955 southbound near Fremont, VA as it parallels the McClure River and Highway 83 on a gloomy February afternoon.
Reading & Northern SD38 #2000 sports its fresh paint job as it leads a Jim Thorpe to Hometown (High Bridge) fall foliage excursion through Nesquehoning, PA on the former Central of New Jersey Nesq... (more)
A pair of brand new CSX GE ES44ACs bring southbound freight train Q696 through the classic Clinchfield signals at Quarry between Johnson City and Unicoi on a snowy March morning.
This view looking through the broken glass in the window of the former N&W Oakvale depot finds an eastbound empty ballast train dropping downhill and crossing over from Main 2 to Main 1 to follow ... (more)
TVRM's former Southern Railway #630 leads a Bristol to Radford round trip excursion eastbound by the recently restored former N&W depot at Meadowview, VA.
NS' Southern and Erie heritage engines are paired together on a westbound set of helper engines at Huger as they pass an eastbound rail train tied down in the center siding.
Brand new CSX ES44ACs #3076 and #3075 lead a southbound Orlando Utilities Commission (OUCX) loaded coal train around Osborne's Curve at Dungannon on the north end of the former Clinchfield Railroa... (more)
NS' Virginian heritage engine #1069 shoves a string of empty system coal hoppers toward Wentz for another 100+ carloads of Lamberts Point bound export coal.
CSX F40s 9998 and 9992 lead southbound train P955 across Highway 83/63 and by Riverside Grocery at Clinchco on the north end of the former Clinchfield Railroad with a Russell, KY to Erwin, TN Offi... (more)
Three brand new CSX GE ES44ACs (3073-3072-3071) bring a southbound Duke Power coal train across the Copper Creek Viaduct at Clinchport enroute to Erwin, TN and eventually Brice, NC.
On a snowy Sunday afternoon a pair of NS GEs bring eastbound autorack train 272 out of Bluefield as they continue their eastbound trek toward Roanoke and eventually Winston Salem.
CSX Office Car Special P955 behind F40PHs 9998 and 9992 exits Sykes Mill Tunnel at Clinchco, VA on the north end of the former Clinchfield Railroad with a Russell, KY to Erwin, TN inspection train... (more)
NS' Virginian heritage engine #1069 shoves an empty coal train toward Wentz for another train load of Tidewater coal.
A pair of brand new CSX GE ES44ACs, released from Erie, PA just five days prior, lead a southbound OUCX coal train out of Russell Tunnel at Haysi, VA just before the break of dawn on a chilly Febr... (more)
A pair of NS EMDs bring westbound train 387 up the mainline at Watkins on a mild February afternoon.
Brand new CSX GE ES44ACs 3073 and 3072 lead southbound Duke Power coal train V410 through Unaka Springs, TN en route to Brice, NC shortly after leaving the yard in Erwin following a crew change an... (more)
Released from GE in Erie four days prior, CSX GE ES44ACs 3076 and 3075 bring southbound loaded OUCX coal train N165 through Gray, TN en route to Erwin for a crew change and fuel before continuing ... (more)
Three brand new GE ES44ACs (3073-3072-3071) bring a southbound loaded Duke Power coal train around the sweeping curve just north of Starnes Siding on CSX's Kingsport Subdivision. These engines wer... (more)
NS SD60M #6768 leads a westbound empty hopper train around the tight curve at Sunbright, VA and in front of the now dormant Horton Summit Church. The grey equipment seen on top of the cab is the n... (more)
San Luis & Rio Grande's Monte Vista Turn is seen interchanging with the San Luis Central on a crystal clear winter afternoon in Southern Colorado. The San Luis Central serves the rich agricultural... (more)
Westbound NS stack train 233 arrives in Bluefield behind a mix of BNSF and NS power on a cold and snowy February morning.
A cool fall afternoon in Jim Thorpe, PA finds northbound Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway departing for a quick trip through the Lehigh Gorge State Park behind specially painted Reading & Northern SD50... (more)
After having been released from GE in Erie less than a week earlier, CSX ES44AC #3071 leads northbound empty grain train G979 by the former Clinchfield Railroad depot at Dante, VA.
NS mine run crews J80 and J77 switch some power around at Calvin before heading back to Andover with a loaded export coal train bound for Lamberts Point, VA.
San Luis & Rio Grande FP10 #1100 leads an eastbound passenger special out of Alamosa on a frigid January morning en route to La Veta.
NS' specially painted "Honoring our Veterans" SD60E #6920 leads westbound freight train 15T past the recently restored Bristol Train Station in downtown Bristol, Virginia on a cool February evenin... (more)
Westbound NS train 387 exits Natural Tunnel behind NS' Lehigh Valley and Virginian heritage engines.
A snowy Sunday afternoon in Bluefield, WV finds a pair of NS GP38-2s easing through the yard at as an eastbound loaded coal train makes the final climb into Bluefield on the mainline before stoppi... (more)
NS eastbound stack train #202 passes by the "See Rock City" barn near Bulls Gap.
NS' Lehigh Valley and Virginian heritage engines lead westbound train 387 under the signal bridge at Watkins on NS' Appalachia District en route to Andover, VA.
It is a cold and snowy morning along the New River at Prince, WV as an eastbound CSX loaded export coal train pops out of Stretchers Neck Tunnel and passes under the Highway 41 overpass en route t... (more)
Reading & Northern SD38 #2003, fresh from shop work and sporting a new coat of paint, leads a Jim Thorpe to Hometown High Bridge fall foliage excursion seen here about to pass under the Lincoln Dr... (more)
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad once was a staple in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado with both narrow and standard gauge rail routes across this high desert setting. Today, porti... (more)
The end of double track at Bena, CA finds the conductor of a stopped southbound BNSF intermodal train on the ground to give a roll by to a northbound BNSF freight shortly after sunrise on a cool a... (more)
Westbound NS freight train 17M works uphill and through the tight curves on NS' Christiansburg District as it crosses Pigeon Creek near Oakvale on a snow Sunday afternoon in the mountains of South... (more)
Opened by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in June 1946 the station at Prince, West Virginia proudly served the surrounding region as a gateway to the C&O’s passenger trains of the era. Fast forwar... (more)
With a light snow falling NS's Portsmouth, OH to Roanoke, VA freight #188 works eastbound by the classic N&W signals at Robinson behind NS rebuilt SD40E #6335.
For many decades semaphore signals such as these guided some of the nation’s most historic passenger trains across the country. Fast forward to 2013 and this group of semaphore signals in the hi... (more)
Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief arrives in Raton, NM for an on-time stop on its two day trek from Chicago to Los Angeles. The trackage in the foreground is a reminder of how busy this ro... (more)
