Silhouetted by late afternoon sun, Southern 2-8-0 No. 630 rolls toward Ought One on its afternoon run from Grundy. Thanks to Norfolk Southern and TVRM for a weekend of fabulous excursions in rare ... (more)
At twilight and after receiving a quick crew-change, No. 272 departs the yard at Bluefield, W.Va., behind a pair of brand new Canadian National ES44AC's leading the relatively light autorack train... (more)
Just before sunup in frosty downtown Keystone, W.Va., NS's Interstate heritage unit shoves train No. 776 up Elkhorn Grade, with locomotives in notch-8, awakening the sleeping mining community on a... (more)
On a stunningly beautiful Autumn afternoon, hill-run job No. U85 struggles upgrade across massive Garwood Trestle along the former Virginian Railway east of Mullens, W.Va. The scenery in this terr... (more)
In an absolutely gorgeous setting, No. 820 drops downgrade through Kumis, Va., with a heavy coal drag bound for the ports at Norfolk, as the whine of dynamics disrupt the tranquility of the scene.... (more)
It's a starry night on the busy ex-N&W Pocahontas mainline as helpers sit patiently at Maybeury, W.Va., as a eastbound permeates the nighttime air while silhouetting the signals and foreground loc... (more)
At the beginning of Railfan Weekend 2013, the MSRLHA hosted a small charter along the West Virginia Central Railroad. Here, a B&O GP9 is seen pulling a freight train during a photo run-by about 10... (more)
With golden afternoon light basing the scene, No. 44W drops downgrade through Kumis, Va., along the rails of the former Virginian Railroad with a lengthy grain train in tow. Spring has officially ... (more)
After a morning snowfall coating most everything with a magical layer of white stuff, Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania heritage motor shoves hard on the rear of a heavy eastbound loaded coal drag, ... (more)
Shortly after sunrise, NS 67N drags up Christiansburg Mountain with a empty ethanol train in tow as it enters a tight S curve situated in Shawsville, VA on a dreary December 16th, 2012 morning.
On its first run through Southwest Virginia, Virginian 1069 leads hopper train #821 through Shawsville, VA on a beautiful summer evening in July 2012