The Masters Special returns to Altoona with the Southern and Virginian engines leading.

We got to the parking lot like fifteen seconds before the train did. It was pure dumb luck I got this shot with a decent composition. I'll take pure dumb luck anytime.

Icy river nights… As ice still falls from the days winter storm, the Staunton River ebbs and flows as 25A dashes south with a trio of AC GE’s while ice and snow still linger in the night.

94g would cross the Roanoke River while make a run for Lynchburg with the Linwood crew pulling into Montview just before sun down.

The “A-Team” With the recently released “Moving the Weight of the World” AC44C6M on the point, Richard Rose and Calvin Jones hustle 24X north through Dry Fork on a typical hot and muggy... (more)

352 accelerates up Gretna hill departing Hurt, VA on it's way to Greensboro and points beyond.

134 cruises around the Hurt connection at Altavista, VA. The connection allows Roanoke trains to head south to Linwood yard. In the distance, the former Virginian Railway's Altavista district is... (more)

23G passes the classic N&W CPL's at Dogwood on the former Virginian Railway (now NS Altavista District) in central Virginia.

M3R rumbles across the massive trestle spanning the Virginian mainline and the Roanoke River at Altavista, VA on a beautiful Spring afternoon in southcentral Virginia.

The northbound Crescent sports 3 P42s on it's northbound run over the piedmont mainline crossing the Roanoke River at Altavista as well as the former Virginian mainline.

I34 crosses the Middle Branch of Wards Fork creek just after sunrise east of Cullen, VA on the former Virginian mainline.

Amtrak Train 20, The Crescent, is northbound crossing the high trestle at Altavista VA. Leading is Amtrak #161 painted in the 50th Anniversary Phase 1 livery.

Running a tad late, hotshot intermodal 213 races south across the Roanoke River in Altavista, Virginia on a gorgeous late summer morning. Seen just right of center on the horizon is the Peaks of O... (more)

NS 905 passing the ex N&W PL signals at Dogwood in Altavista, VA. This line does not get many westbound trains, but when it does they are usually something interesting.

23G cruises through the classic CPL's at Altavista, VA on a beautiful March afternoon.