GRINDING UP THE LINDEN GRADE. NS 952 is nearing the summit of the Blue Ridge. The classic EMD F7s and trailing train turn this tranquil scene into its own passing one of the farms that dot the la... (more)

THE THOROUGHBRED OF TRANSPORTATION The Norfolk Southern Executive Office Train (OCS) passes one of the many horse farms that dot the landscape in Northern Virginia, This one near Berryville on it... (more)

PIEDMONT STATION The Manassas Gap Railroad was built to here in 1861 and was the site of the first troop movement by train to battle as Confederate forces from Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley... (more)

Sitting in their Staunton yard sits this former B&O geep repainted in its original livery by the DGVR who operates the SVRR.

The Sun begins to rise over the mountains and ridges surrounding Lithia, VA and these Norfolk and Western CPL signals at Ellis Run.

Guarding the north end of the siding are these venerable N&W CPL signals in Buena Vista, VA on the Roanoke District.

NS 777 aka Triple 7 approaches the Mason Dixon Line during a recent evening in late May after a line of thunderstorms passed through the Hagerstown, MD area.

Celebrating a birthday on May 29 is 611. It's "birth certificate" adorns the streamliner jacketing on each side of the smoke box.

A close up view of the Fireman's side No. 3 crank pin roller bearing on N&W J Class locomotive 611.

Hustling down the grade from the Blue Ridge, the Lynchburg bound Powhatan Arrow led by N&W 611 blasts through Montvale, VA on it's eastbound trek on Sunday, May 8th, 2016 in a scene directly out o... (more)

Norfolk and Western J Class 611 leads the Powhatan Arrow westward towards Roanoke over the Blue Ridge Mountains at Villamont on Sunday, May 8th, 2016.

Criticism aside, it is still very cool to see what these queens of steam look like undressed. Here is a look at C&O 1309's firebox inside the shops at the WMSR during a recent tour.

This has become one of my favorite locations to shoot. Lee's Crossroads, PA just northeast of Shippensburg in the fertile Cumberland Valley provides seamless variety of angles and traffic on NS's ... (more)

An GE axle generator on a roller bearing on a EMD truck.

Transferred from the Raritan Central and given a fresh coat of paint, the former PRR GP10 shows off it's newest marquee of the Pennsylvania and Southern Railway based at the adjacent business park... (more)