Local V79 running long hood forward through Price North Carolina

A trio of standard cab power brings the V79 down grade out of Martinsville headed to Winston Salem North Carolina.

DC to AC conversion unit # 4018 leads the 754 under the Wirtz signal tower.

The 611 on her first run since being restored working the grade in Gretna Virginia.

The 747 cruising through the Henry curves under a beautiful late November sky.

64M tops the grade in Ferrum amid a brilliant backdrop of fall color.

Doing it's best imitation of a steam engine, ES44AC # 8072 belches smoke as she throttles up through the Wirtz siding in Franklin County.

SD70ACe # 1061 leans into a curve north of Boones Mill with a string of empty hoppers in tow.

One of the many places that the vine runs adjacent to state route 220 through southwest Virginia. If the timing is right railfans are treated to the sight of a southbound running alongside their c... (more)

UP # 6307 still wearing Southern Pacific colors brings the 272 south on the pumpkin vine.

A relatively new ACe in the Norfolk Southern stable, # 1174 highballs through the Blue Ridge foothills with 105 loads of coal bound for the Belews Creek Steam Station.

BNSF power leads the 272 through Madison on a beautiful summer afternoon.

Blue twin # 4000, now coupled with another recently converted AC44C6M, # 4002, eases past the Wirtz signal on another trip down the vine with a load of coal for the Belews Creek Steam Station.

CSX 3132 with help from the Canadian National Railroad heads north out of Natural Bridge station

With the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains as a backdrop, NS 272 departs the West Yard in Roanoke enroute to the Walkertown NC "car lot" via the pumpkin vine. Auto racks stretch as far as t... (more)