It's after 3am and the dark clear sky sets as the backdrop to the Norfolk and Western CPL signal at Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia as temperature reach below freezing for the first time of the season. The signal on the right gives a clear indication for a northbound intermodal on the main.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)