An old paint dash 9 leads hopper train NS 815 west through Shawsville cut.

On a sunny weekend afternoon, NS general manifest 11Z is knocking down a set of classic former N&W position light signals at the control point. This train comes by everyday and passes down south t... (more)

Working After the Snow. As an overnight snow begins to melt away, the crew works Houff before heading north to Pleasant Valley to interchange with NS.

The Pennsylvania heritage unit has been tied down for well over 24 hours now on the head end of NS 18W. The Central of Georgia heritage with train NS 762 comes to a stop beside it at control point... (more)

An ACe leads an NS intermodal east through Elliston, VA and by a stopped 14Z with a UP ACe leader.

Racing south along with rush hour traffic a nicely matched set of Amfleet "airliners on wheels" is keeping up and perhaps gaining a little. Hey, I used to own one of those Nissan 510s!

Phase VII Phase In: At long last, the "blue wave" era has begun to draw to a close with the appearance of P42DC 174. Recently refurbished at Beech Grove, this classic Genesis was repainted ... (more)

Faber Freight: Faber Freight: NS 1016 leads an EMD trio that pulls hotshot intermodal NS 25A through Virginia's countryside in Faber, Virginia, as it prepares to head back into single track.

In one of the many swags on this line a train is unloading new 136# rail to replace the old 132# stuff. Quite a noisy racket.

A loaded export coal train passes by an old quarry in Ellett, VA along the Whitethorne district.

Mountain congestion: intermodal NS 273 heads west up Christiansburg grade with a single C6M for power. The manifest is stopped, and will be for a while longer. The signals ahead of the trains is c... (more)

The C&O 4008 leads the Georgia Washington at Lee Hall, eighteen miles out of Newport News. We are now following the C&O on its westerly course paralleling the James River to Richmond, VA on Se... (more)

4001 is solo on NS 276 has it heads east through Salem, VA.

4001 is solo on NS 276 has it heads east through Elliston, VA.

The 1218 is northbound on the Shenandoah Valley Line on a circle trip from Roanoke to Balcony Falls on the C&O, down the James River Line to Lynchburg, and back to Roanoke over Blue Ridge. The Cl... (more)