With the "Southern" heritage unit leading, 25A heads past the curve at "Happy Creek" just east of Front Royal.

For maybe the last time on the Valley Line, an NS thoroughbred #9747 pushes the end of 11Z as a RDPU passing the CPLs at Warren

27A passes the Front Royal Country Club's golf course, a 9 hole course along the Shenandoah River. Then 27A crosses a creek and goes under I-66 which is not far behind my drone. Always liked the... (more)

275's rear DPU starts pushing the train up Linden grade as some very cool clouds loom in the distance. About an hour earlier a major rainstorm hit the area. This was a rare case of the clouds op... (more)

NS 16T, with the "Southern" heritage unit leading, snakes around the Shenandoah River on a cloudy Friday evening.

Even in 2025 an NS Whiteface can still lead a train. NS 9770 leads 289 pass Happy Creek Rd on the NS B line heading towards Manassas. Canon 6Dii with Pentax 135mm set at f/4

15T rounds a curve just south of Riverton passing a nice grove of cherry trees that are blossoming in the sweet evening light.

289 heads south across the Shenandoah River with the out of service section of the B-Line quite obvious in the foreground. The diamond at Riverton, where the Southern and N&W met, was last in ser... (more)

The NW 1218 was added to the National Register of Historic Places this week, joining NW 611 which was already on the list. The scene here shows the 1218 being serviced for the return trip to Alex... (more)

NS 289 heads south through the ruins of the Riverton Corporation's former lime plant. In 2012 my demolition crew scrapped most of the plant including a conveyor over the NS line. The plant used ... (more)

NS 275, with the "Erie" heritage unit leading, heads through the Happy Creek area of Front Royal. Probably close to 100 Bradford Pears are visible in this photo making it obvious why th... (more)

11Z heads south after a fresh snow with the Shenandoah River visible in the background.

With trains getting longer and longer, drones offer an interesting perspective. This entire nearly 3 mile long train is visible with a nice sunset as well.

NS 15T passes the N&W CPLs at Warren with the "Norfolk Southern" heritage unit leading. Cool note, the yellow aspect on the signal are LEDs

With a beautiful sunset and several bridges visible, 12Z heads north over the former location of the diamond with the "Southern" line to Harrisonburg. Note the "Lackawanna" he... (more)