A unit no longer on the roster shuffles around the yard with the autumn disease, leafy air intake.

Even in 1994, this EB freight with only 4-axle units, raised a fair bit of interest. Convenient in those days. I lived just across the road from the siding and would stroll over for shots, espec... (more)

Scuttling back to the yard, this weed sprayer train probably is out of track time and eager to clear up. It was good to see a GP35 with a fresh repaint running in classic style. Until the advent... (more)

Still hauling bituminous and in their old colors! After years of being here in nasty weather I found most of the roster drowsing in the beautiful sunshine framed by the leaves of a magnificent ol... (more)

In April the non-Monongahela heritage unit was just another soldier pushing coal east on the Clinch Valley Sub.

WB "San Francisco Zephyr" just west of the big yard. Great place to set for hours and study between trains.

In this area the Roanoke - Bristol passenger is very near the summit of the Appalachian though it does appear to be very high. Streams are small and slow, weeping willows thrive and the limestone... (more)

Now this is the way a small town should look on a late summer afternoon. Thanks to my triggerman, Greg Hale.

Red hot pokers growing obscenely amidst the purple rocket greet the passage of this empty NB grain train on another fine Saturday morning, a great day to be alive. To the left is a gutter on the ... (more)

Nice to catch one of the ex-Monon, ex-L&N units in this short lived scheme.

Ex-Monon as evidenced by the AAR B trucks. L&Ns had FB-2 type. This is a number in the CSX series.

I just happened to be driving thru, got the last decent hotel room in town and found this. Not bad for an extraction.

Back in the day there were a bunch of these whirring around this giant operation moving raw coal for cleaning and loading SOU "silverside" cars on endless unit trains. Some had numbers externally... (more)

All lined up for their last portrait these units will soon be parted out and scrapped at Allied Services' scrapyard. They looked pretty good outside but had been raided for parts. You would thin... (more)

Ties up local switcher.