The dust settles for a moment while Ballast Cleaner No. 2402 stops work to cross a couple grade crossings before proceeding with its duties... This truly is an amazing machine, and a must see liv... (more)

Making an enormous cloud of dust, this LORAM Shoulder Ballast Cleaner slowly moves north causing the ground to tremble from the force of its huge buckets as it scoops up thousands of rocks. Remov... (more)

BNSF Tier 4 power thunders through Roanoke on the point of a doublestack train on a clear fall day.

Intermodal train CSX Q185, charges south on the main passing Milepost 843 with three BNSF engines rolling elephant style through Roanoke... The short siding track here is pretty much fully jointe... (more)

Stalling out in Roanoke, CSX train Q678 finally gets a hand after a 2 hour wait from southbound train Q181-22... Leaving the rest of its train at Broughton, its three engines with only the lead e... (more)

Crawling through Roanoke, EMD and GE both power a heavy ballast train south consisting of 85 loaded Herzog cars.

Traveling long hood forward and just uncoupling from its cars, the single engine of A720 gets "spotlighted" by the sun while on the move to switch from the siding to the mainline. Once ... (more)

Looking nearly Brand New, a shiny repainted MAC rumbles through Roanoke with an assortment of freight cars in tow.

A combination of smoke, dust and metal surrounds the rail grinder as it uses stones to grind the head of the rails. The smoke and dust, doesn't seem to bother the gentleman walking by one of the ... (more)

Southbound from East Thomas Yard in Birmingham, AL BNSF No. 7109, carries stack containers underneath a wooden bridge as it rides the rails through Roanoke, wearing BNSF's current "swoosh&qu... (more)

A long way from the "Windy City," CSX train Q647 enters Roanoke, blasting the Nathan K-series Air Horn while approaching a grade crossing with tons of freight bound for Waycross, GA.

Originating in "The Golden State" this BNSF hot intermodal train, travels to the East where it becomes CSX Q183. A Dash 9 in "Heritage ll"paint with the unique "cigar-ban... (more)

Starting its southward journey from Nashville, TN with loads, this faded MAC with flared radiators, crawls through Roanoke partnered with another EMD and a GE unit with 158 cars in tow bound for ... (more)

Showing a little cosmetic wear, this Dash 8 powers an empty grain train out of a sharp curve onto a straight at the southend of Broughton.

One of CSX's first units to wear the "box car logo" scheme, brings Bedford Park, IL CSX Terminal bound Q124 north through Roanoke with a stack of containers.