Sabot, VA, depot seen from a passing Chessie Steam Special excursion

Gladstone, VA, station seen during a Chessie Steam Special service stop.

The 50-ton H9 hopper car was N&W's standard for years and years in the steam era.

The original Auto-Train operated service between Louisville, KY, and Sanford, FL, for a short while. For an even shorter while the Louisville Auto-Train and Amtrak's Floridian operated together! ... (more)

I think this was at St. Albans, WV, during a Huntington to Hinton Round trip

This unit's Nickel Plate Heritage is showing through the N&W blue.

Road project is underway to eliminate the 9th Street grade crossings over the CSX and NS in Charlottesville, VA. CSX was moved. NS negotiated a shoo-fly. This is the first full day of the new C... (more)

An INCREDIBLY rare instance of live steam on the CSX. Jack Showalter's former CPR 4-6-2 #1286 is on the high iron in Staunton, VA, backing toward the passenger station for the filming of the Hall... (more)

An INCREDIBLY rare instance of live steam on the CSX. Jack Showalter's former CPR 4-6-2 #1286 is on the high iron in Staunton, VA, for the filming of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, made-for-TV movie ... (more)

Amtrak locomotive #1 is taking Amtrak train #51 to Chicago today. #51 had Superliner equipment from mid Sep., 1995, until early May, 2002

BRRR. The sleet is falling in Charlottesville as two Norfolk Southern hotshots (probably 211 and 212) are delayed by a CSX "VAPX" (Virginia Power) train of empties ambling across the diamonds at... (more)

The American Orient Express enters Lynchburg, VA, crossing the 2000' long trestle over the James River.

NS train #341 crosses the Harris Creek trestle two miles north of Lynchburg, VA. NYSW and CP power were the norm for this train in the early 90's.

In the early 90's, NS train #341 was THE train in Central Virginia to catch for motive power variety and color, as evidenced here!

N&W 1218 WOWS the crowd during a run-by at Lowry, VA.