Sometimes one gets lucky with the lighting, and today was one of those times! After a heavy rain shower had previously pounded the area, the sun decides to pop out, creating this dramatic scene of... (more)

Flowers, CPL's, and a heritage unit! All set the stage for this pretty scene depicting the Norfolk & Western heritage unit shoving hard on the rear of eastbound loads through the community of Keys... (more)

As the sun begins to set behind the surrounding mountains in Elliston, Va., train No. 756 rolls through Kumis behind NS's Virginian heritage unit leading on home-rails.

Soft summer light and a tranquil Southwestern Virginia scene set the stage for eastbound time-freight No. 38Q, as it whines down the 1.5-percent grade through Shawsville, Va., behind an interestin... (more)

At dusk, a heavy southbound loaded coal train weighing 13,000 tons, crawls across massive Trace Fork Viaduct in Amonate, Va., with locomotives in notch-8 permeating the late afternoon air, while a... (more)

In the last light of the day, No. 820 splits the classic CPL's at Ingleside, W.Va., with a monster coal drag in tow descending the nearly 1.5% grade.

The Norfolk & Western heritage locomotive emerges into daylight at Montgomery, Va., as it leads a heavy train of empty hoppers toward Mullens, W.Va., on a pleasant morning along NS's Christiansbur... (more)

Railroad Days at Natural Tunnel State Park.. In this scene, No. 1069 is staged just outside Little Tunnel for the first half of a wonderful event sponsored by Norfolk Southern. Big thanks to every... (more)

Blasting north with empty hoppers, No. 757 rolls into the community of Rocky Mount, Va., behind NS' Central of New Jersey heritage unit in command just after heavy rain had passed through.

NS' New York Central heritage engine glides over a small viaduct at Brown's Curve, near Tazewell, Va., while heading west down the Clinch Valley to Cleveland, where they will attach to the rear of... (more)

Nighttime along the N&W.... It's a peaceful night with stars shining bright and beautiful, until the faint sound of a westbound time-freight begins echoing throughout the East River Valley.. Soon,... (more)

On a pleasant summer afternoon, No. 996 rumbles up the New River through McCoy, Va., on the rails of the ex-VGN, with a pair of brand new BNSF ES44C4's that has been undergoing adhesion testing at... (more)

This month, Norfolk Southern tested brand new General Electric ES44C4 locomotives on lease from the BNSF Railway. Operating as No. 996, the move is depicted rolling through pastoral Kumis, Va., al... (more)

In this pretty snow-scene, the Lehigh Valley heritage unit shoves hard on the rear of No. 762 through Yards, Va., after completing its assault over Elkhorn Grade on NS' busy Pocahontas District.

On a damp and rainy afternoon, No. 826 thunders through decrepit downtown Davy, W.Va., behind a pair of EMD products and a heavy coal train.