Southern Railway GP30 2549 and GP38-2 5153 are idling at the Charlotte diesel servicing facility on a hot August day. 2549 has somehow lost it's SR nose herald.

Former Southern Railway 2867 leads a northbound freight at Kings Mountain North Carolina.

N&W 611 is departing Auville Yard in Iaeger West Virginia. She is easing over the trestle on the west leg of the wye to join the mainline.

Former Southern Railway 5068, leads an eastbound loaded coal train up the Elkhorn Grade at Switchback West Virginia.

N&W 1218 departs Greensboro in spectacular fashion as she heads east into the morning sunrise.

Early morning departure...N&W 611 is leaving Bluefield Yard westbound on a ferry move to Portsmouth Ohio with a few added freight cars.

N&W 1218 is eastbound at Williamson West Virginia.

Northbound Piedmont Train #74, lead by NCDOT F59PH City of Greensboro, meets a southbound freight lead by NS SD60E 6975 at Eleventh Street Grade Crossing in Salisbury North Carolina.

Alexander RR #12 crosses Meacham Road after dropping off a freight car at a local industry. It is headed toward me and will pickup more cars from the interchange with Norfolk Southern. #12 was for... (more)

Former CSXT SD60Ms 8769 and 8786 switch their train at Norfolk Southern’s Winston-Salem North Yard. The train has just come in from Rural Hall NC. The Yadkin Valley Railroad has trackage rights ... (more)

Photo by Howard Hutchison from my collection. Superior WV is approximately three miles east of Welch WV on the N&W Pocahontas Division. The railroad calls this Huger in the timetable. N&W Y3a 2060... (more)

Train wreck at Superior WV – photo by Howard Hutchison from my collection. The railroad calls this location Huger which is approximately three miles east of Welch WV on the N&W Pocahontas Divisi... (more)

N&W 1620 is about to cross the former Virginian Ry mainline with an empty hopper train at South Yard in Roanoke. The empties have come from the Belews Creek Power Plant on the Shenandoah Division ... (more)

Eastbound coal leaving Bluefield on track one while four additional trains await their turn. Next out will be the train with a variety of eight diesels on the head end. Identifiable are N&W SD40... (more)

View from the vestibule…Our westbound excursion train is passing Shaffers Crossing Roundhouse, in the left background, and a yard switching crew that includes N&W U30B 8476 and C7F caboose 55755... (more)