As the evening dusk falls the "J" sits in slumber on the platform in Roanoke hoping that one day she will steam freely once again. A special thanks to the group at the O Winston Link Museum for ma... (more)

The grade has lightened up a bit as these two pusher locomotives coast in a light throttle as the southbound it is assisting rolls through the dip at Toms Bottom. The train has just completed a 7 ... (more)

As many times as railbuffs have photographed trains on Copper Creek Viaduct I have often heard that newer angles are becoming tougher and tougher to find. With that in mind I decided to do somethi... (more)

2009's edition of the OCS special rolls across the bridge at Skaggs Hole near the siding at Towers. I was lucky enough that the skies were overcast on this day because this particular angle is nev... (more)

2 big GE's make their presence known as they rumble southbound crossing the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River rolling through the " Biggest Little City Before Leaving Kentucky ". Spring colors a... (more)

A coal train makes it way westbound (TT Direction) with coal destined for points north as the final light of day is setting over the Ohio River. A scene like this only makes me reflect on a time w... (more)

As the final rays of sunlight shine the 734 crosses over from Ridgeley, WV into Cumberland,Md on the final runby of the day on this Carl Franz Photo Charter.

The last night pic taken on this particular evening was here of the signal bridge at Summerhill. After capturing several images of the old Pennsy CPL's I opted out on this wide angle perspective o... (more)

This eastbound coal drag with a helper set on both ends of this PPLX coal train is ascending the 0.63% grade near the town at Mineral Point enroute to Strawberry Ridge. Even though the hike to thi... (more)

This westbound double stacker is about to crest the grade at Gallitzin as the early morning sun rises above the Allegheny Mountains. Photo taken with Canon 7D.

Nickel Plate Berk 765 makes a 3 way meet on a Historic Preservation Charter. Anyone remember the name of this crossing?

One of the final runbys on the John Craft (Historic Preservation Charter) was taken at King Road. The weather early on that day was not looking promising but we all decided to stay around and ende... (more)

The engineer is checking the rods and bearings on a pre-departure inspection before leaving Roanoke. Special thanks goes to Lerro Productions and the Virginia Museum of Transportation for allowing... (more)

The fireman works hard and keeping the fires lit as the 1218 pulls another trainload of revenue for the N&W. Special thanks goes to Lerro Productions and the Virginia Museum of Transportation for ... (more)

Even though a good majority of the foliage has fallen on Piney Mountain some leaves have managed to stay intact at the west end of Brush Tunnel for this Franz photo runby. 734 struts its stuff as ... (more)