Coupling onto Atlantic Coast Line E3(A) No. 501, former Duke Power GE 25-ton switcher No. 5951 prepares to spot this rare ACL gem outside of the Bob Julian Roundhouse for an upcoming night photo s... (more)

Positioned outside of the Bob Julian Roundhouse, Atlantic Coast Line E3 No. 501, Norfolk & Western GP9 No. 620, Southern Railway GP30 No. 2601, and Southern Railway No. FP-7 No. 6133 represent thr... (more)

Departing Bluefield with a fresh redrew for Roanoke, NS 272 descends East River Mountain near R.D. with a Union Pacific leader.

Returning to Grundy on its second excursion of the weekend, Southern No. 630 approaches the summit of the Buchanan Branch grade at Raitt and will soon descend the rest of the branch into Weller Ya... (more)

Emerging from a smoke filled Raitt Tunnel, Southern 2-8-0 No. 630 leads its second public excursion of the day past the Virginia Lee signals on its now downward trek to Devon along NS' former Norf... (more)

Steam returns to the Buchanan Branch... For the first time in over 55 years, steam returns to the N&W Buchanan Branch on the head end of an NS and TVRM sponsored public excursion. Enroute t... (more)

After unloading at the Yorktown, Va. crude processing facility, westbound empties streak through St. Albans under the lead power of a veteran Warbonnet C44-9W. The train is enroute to the CSX/BNSF... (more)

Steam returns to to the Buchanan Branch for the first time in 55 years... Silhouetted against the unique NKP style signals at Lyn Camp, Southern Railway No. 630 leads a public excursion fro... (more)

Steam returns to the Christiansburg District.... Operating on a deadhead move from Bristol to Bluefield, two freshly painted SD40-2's lead SOU 2-8-0 No. 630 on an equipment deadhead bound f... (more)

Silhouetted against a beautiful Spring sunset, two generations of Southern Railway motive power catch the last rays of an April evening situated around the Bob Julian Roundhouse. Southern GP30 No.... (more)

Southbound through the north end of the Kanawha Valley, leased CREX ES44AC No. 1338 passes a relatively clean Mail Pouch Tobacco barn on its journey from Hobson Yard to Dickinson on NS' former New... (more)

Building its train on a dreary evening in the N&W coalfields, a vibrant consist featuring two western competitive Class I locomotives couple onto a string of loaded NS Top Gons. The 160 car train ... (more)

A pair of western visitors idle at the east end of Flat Top yard, waiting to reverse west on top of a cut of loaded hoppers. Once their loaded drag is assembled and the helpers successfully tag on... (more)

Departing Weller Yard for Devon, UP SD70M No. 4633 leads NS U66 through the unique (potentially ex- NKP?) signals at Lyn Camp on NS' former N&W Buchanan Branch to Devon.

A scene almost surreal... Only ridge lines apart and less than a mile as the crow flies, a massive coal and coke facility with dozens of trucks hustling around the property contributes to a huge p... (more)