273 cruises through downtown Suffolk with stacks from NIT.

NS 22A rumbles through downtown Suffolk on a late June evening along the former Norfolk & Western mainline.

N&W 710 leads a GP9 - RS36 - GP9 - RS11 lashup on a westbound, crossing the NF&D at Suffolk, Virginia circa 1970. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.

CSXT No. 3456 leads the daily Rocky Mount, NC to Portsmouth, VA F782 through Suffolk, VA on the Portsmouth Subdivision.

NS 814 heads eastbound through downtown Suffolk with a cloud of coal dust trailing not too far behind the lead motors.

A very colorful sunrise appears over the Norfolk Southern Virginia Division yard office, originally built as a Norfolk and Western station, along the right-of-way of the NS Norfolk District in dow... (more)

Eastbound Norfolk Southern coal train No. 822 rolls through downtown Suffolk, VA on main track one of the NS Norfolk District. To the right of the train stands an old Norfolk and Western building ... (more)

Norfolk Southern train V07 creeps along the Commonwealth Railway in Suffolk, VA as it heads back to Portlock yard in Norfolk. Local favorite, Engineer Vinney King, is at the controls.

NS V07 sits tied down at the Commonwealth Railway yard office waiting for Norfolk Southern crews to take the train back to Norfolk.

NS V07 runs around its train before heading east to Portlock Yard.

The Southern heritage unit leads daily Portsmouth to Crewe intermodal V07.

I believe that the Portsmouth Sub is not signaled (controlled by DTC). If true, I can't think of many other non-signaled Class 1 lines with intermodal trains. Also of note, the Virginian main prev... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Sleepy Time Down South – Seaboard Coast Line GP9 948 idles alongside the 1885 Suffolk, Virginia station built for the Seaboard & Roanoke railroad, which became part of the Seaboard in 1911. Whe... (more)

The Norfolk and Western acquired the bankrupt Atlantic and Danville in 1962 and renamed it Norfolk, Franklin and Danville. For a long time the NFD operated with two former Atlantic and Danville R... (more)