A colorful combo of a Citirail ES44AC and a CSX CW44AC lead 18M past through West Williamson, just having passed the signal at College.

UP SD70M No. 5107 leads westbound manifest 195 through the small town of Oakvale, WV passing the classic N&W CPLs.

Eastbound on the N&W mainline, two brand new consecutively numbered EMD SD70ACe's assist NS Q62 upgrade at Kimball. The 130 loads, enroute to Roanoke with two head end locomotives and two Bluefiel... (more)

Brand new NS SD70ACe's No. 1174 and No. 1173 assist eastbound NS Q62 upgrade near Big Four Tunnel No. 2. The Bluefield based helpers are assisting 130 loads of W.Va. toward the summit of Elkhorn, ... (more)

After emerging from Welch tunnel, two brand consecutively numbered EMD SD70ACe's assist an eastbound NS Q62 upgrade on NS' busy Pocahontas District between Williamson and Bluefield.

After coupling onto the NS Q62 at Sandy Huff, a pair of brand new consecutively numbered EMD SD70ACe's assist eastbound coal loads toward Bluefield, shoving into Roderfield tunnel on the N&W mainl... (more)

A B&O GP40/GP40-2 combo depart Century with a train of coal bound for Grafton and points beyond.

A westbound train rolls across the old Virginian Railway trestle in Oakvale, WV behind the fire department

Tied down in front of the 16th Street yard office for the night, yard power CSXT 6904 & slug 2250 idle away on a rainy December night, awaiting the last round of work before the Christmas holiday.

Coupled to an empty hopper car from the Heiners facility in West Huntington, CSX H796-05 prepares to shove back to the end of the West Huntington Belt Line to pick up another empty car before head... (more)

Coupled to a string of black diamonds from Norfolk Southern's Kenova "New Yard" interchange, two of the former Canadian National GP40-2LW's sporting the new SunCoke Energy scheme utilize all 6000 ... (more)

Under clear blue skies, eastbound train 40W passes under the former coaling tower at Prichard with a string of fresh rail for the under-construction intermodal facility to the left.

The late steam-era photographer Jack Fravert always told me how much better it was to shoot steam in cold and rainy weather. Here's why: On May 9, 1992 I was fortunate to be in and around Bluefiel... (more)