Mountain M2S: CN 8857 leads empty grain train CSX G228 westbound along the Buckingham Branch through North Mountain, Virginia.

Mountain Meets: CSXT 4702 leads empty coal train CSX E200 westbound along the Buckingham Branch, as the train prepares to knock down the signal in North Mountain, Virginia. On the right side of t... (more)

Mountain Movers: CSXT 51, still sporting YN2 colors, leads empty coal train CSX E210 westbound up the grade through North Mountain, Virginia, along the Buckingham Branch Railroad.

Norfolk & Western 611 struggles up the steep North Mountain grade on a beautiful October afternoon.

Norfolk and Western J Class 611 is photographed near Goshen, VA pulling the Shenandoah Valley Limited between Goshen and Staunton, VA. The Virginia Museum of Transportation, in conjunction with th... (more)

Norfolk & Western 611 crests the steep North Mountain grade, the highest point on the Chesapeake & Ohio mainline.

Smoke billows from the stack of N&W 611 as Virginia Scenic Railway's Shenandoah Valley Limited crests the top of North Mountain Grade at 2082 feet in elevation on the former C&O Mountain Subdivisi... (more)

Westbound empty coal drag E209 finds a sun spot as it crests the grade at the highest point on the C&O before descending a 3.1% grade