A coal train heading for the interchange with the TVA's railroad at the Kingston Plant. See also shot number 445755.
A former Southern unit is pushing a huge train of "silversides" up the grade that summits at "Big Cut", just short of the siding at Dan'l Boone, once the home of a small yard a... (more)
Vaughn Mix: NS 7610 leads mixed freight NS 11Z southbound through the N&W CPLs in Vaughn, Virginia, as the train makes a final push toward Shenandoah Yard.
Yarding: CSXT 6050, a GP40-2, sits in Convington, VAs CSX yard awaiting its next instructions from dispatch before back east into the yard.
Arthur ACES: NS 1120 leads manifest train NS 14Z eastbound through CP Arthur in Shawsville, VA, located roughly two miles west of Roanoke.
Arthur Attack: NS 7578 leads manifest train NS 18M eastbound through the CP Arthur control point on the NS Christiansburg District as the sun rises over the western Virginia countryside.
Union Pacific's Katy heritage unit makes a rare east coast appearance leading NS train 13Z as it approaches Washington for a crew change.
Westbound hoppers burst out of the smoke and fumes in the days of mixed consists. Spur to the right is generally used only by M of W. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.
A double stack train snakes it’s way past some old N&W cast iron whistle posts that have escaped replacement.
N&W 2-8-8-2 2175 leads an eighty three car freight westward, near Salem Virginia, on July 11th 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
The DPUs of a loaded coal train whine downgrade past a field of purple wildflowers. The train was a monster, featuring two engines up front, three in the middle, and these two on the rear.
A Canadian visitor navigates around the S curves in Shawsville, VA as it leads empty ethanol 65W back towards Chicagoland.
Swoope Enforcement: CSXT 3914, the spirit of law enforcement, leads a westbound empty coal train through the heart of western Virginia in Swoope.
The Erie heritage unit pops out of the Pembroke tunnel as it roars towards Bluefield with an empty grain train.
A dash 9 leads coal loads east by Northfork on the Whitethorne district.
