N&W 611 working hard to crest the mountain at North Mountain. You can really see the grade as 611 is just a few feet from cresting the summit.
The colors are beginning to turn in southwestern Virginia and it seems like this year is going to be a pretty year. Empty coal train 747 begins its long climb to Christiansburg past a fiery red m... (more)
River Rider: Loaded grain train NS 42N heads over the Roanoke River in Wabun, Virginia as it makes its final push to Roanoke South Yard.
A loaded coal train heads south along the Winston Salem district in Rocky Mount, VA.
A loaded coal train heads south along the Winston Salem district in Boones Mill, VA.
A loaded coal train heads south along the Winston Salem district in Cave Spring, VA.
Shenandoah Valley RS-11m originally built for the N&W sits with Precision Locomotive Western Maryland SD40 7471. Picture taken with permission and with all required PPE.
Norfolk Southern U40 train crew switches cars in downtown Appalachia, Virginia.
D&GV GP 9 wearing B&O colors sits in the foreground next to Shenandoah Valley GP 9 and a C&O snow plow which was last assigned to Quinnimont WV. Lots of heritage in this picture. Picture taken w... (more)
Built in 1955 for the C&O, then wearing several paint schemes (Western Maryland, Allegheny Midland, and D&GV) before wearing the Shenandoah Valley paint sits with a C&O snow plow which was last as... (more)
Norfolk & Western 611 rolls by a church and a tree with peak fall colors in Craigsville.
An ex BNSF SD70MAC shoves an empty coal train up the grade in Shawsville, VA, past John farm. These units can’t lead due to PTC so it was nice to see one assigned as a nose out DPU.
An ACe leads a hopper train west out of Montgomery tunnel.
Hopper train NS 77A heads west high above US 460 in Shawsville, VA.
NS 29C heads west through Shawsville, VA. An ACe leads and a KCS gray ghost rides 3rd.
