Durbin & Greenbrier Valley maintains a modest facility for the Shenandoah Valley Railroad near their interchange with Buckingham Branch Railroad. There are some things of interest here and there ... (more)

What goes around comes around, sorta. My office was about 200 yards away from this spot in 1974. T-6s plied the "two streaks of rust" on the weed-choked right of way of the Chesapeake ... (more)

Through the Woods. The crew returns to the yard in Staunton after their morning work.

DGVR 5940, PNLX 7436, and caboose DGVR 3260 are lined up in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard on a hot July evening, representing an early Chessie System scene.

PNLX 7436 and DGVR 5940 pose for photos in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard, representing a scene during the early days of Chessie System.

All three of the Shenandoah Valley railroads active motors are lined up on the yard tracks at the SV's Staunton Yard for a private photo shoot held in July, 2024. The 6512 at the time of this phot... (more)

Celebrity status. As The Great Survivor heads north for her morning work railfans are in attendance. When I worked just to my left many years before the tracks were weed grown, operated by T-6s,... (more)

The great survivor. I saw this unit on an N&W local around 1966 and have followed it for years in the press. I had seen it rusting away and covered with vines. I'd been to Staunton several time... (more)

DGVR 5940 runs around their train while BB Z631 waits for permission into the yard.

The newly repainted SVRR 6512, repainted from the faded original B&O baby blue to the C&O / B&O merger blue, sits along side the other GP9 5940 and ALCO RS11 367 in the SVRR yard. Photo taken with... (more)

Buckingham Branch Z631 starts their work for the day as they head east towards cold storage to grab their train for Clifton Forge. Meanwhile, Shenandoah Valley Railroad is seen below starting thei... (more)

SVRR’s Alco RS-11 brings two cars over a trestle in Verona, VA.

Night Blues: B&O idles in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Yard in the dark hours of night, as it is coupled up to another SVRR locomative.

Blast From the Past: In the darkness of night, SVRR 5940 idles in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad's yard, as it sits with RF&P 101 and WM 7436.

RF&P 101 and DGVR 5940 idle in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard in Staunton, Virginia while a decently sized photo line grabs some photos.