Craigsville Cruise: CSXT 4711, a freshly rebuilt SD70MAC, leads empty grain train CSX G806 west along the Buckingham Branch through Craigsville, Virginia, as storms build in the distance.
Town MACs: CSXT 4711, a rebuilt SD70MAC, leads empty grain train CSX G806 westbound along the Buckingham Branch through Nicelytown, Virginia, as the train makes a final push toward Clifton Forge,... (more)
Stormin South: NS 8000 leads southbound manifest NS 13Z through Wytheville, Virginia, along the NS Pulaski District, as it breaks away from the strong thunderstorms in the background.
A rebuilt former Dash 9 brings up the rear of 134 at Danville.
The rear DPU on manifest 134 crosses the Dan River just prior to the evening shadows taking over on the bridge.
Seaboard Air Line EMC E4 and mate are seen at Richmond Virginia in 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
M422 heading northbound on track 1 through RO, hauling what appears to be a turbine part on a 12-axle flatcar. In the background is the DC National Airport.
A long manifest cuts through the shadows in Danville as they near the North Carolina state line in Danville.
134 crosses the Dan River in the late evening with a Roanoke to Linwood manifest.
The CofG heritage ES44AC leads an empty coal train bound for Consol across the Levisa Fork as they depart Weller Yard
28R crosses the Dan River with four engines on the head end.
A Rutherford, PA bound intermodal passes the former Southern Railway station at Danville.
NS 165 rolls through Danville on their way to Roanoke.
The Atlanta to Croxton UPS train heads over the Dan River behind an EMD leader as they pass through Danville.
Pointed at Starkey Hill, that winding grade close to town that is the start of the "Pumpkin Vine" line to Winston Salem, NC. Due to proximity and a grade nearing 1.7% Starkey has been t... (more)