Chesapeake & Albemarle's weekly job from the NS interchange at Portlock Yard to Elizabeth City, NC passes through Carolina yard using former FEC #502 for power.

Amtrak #94 departs Norfolk, VA for it's run to Boston, MA on a beautiful April morning along the Elizabeth River. The train is crossing Norfolk & Western Bridge 5, with parallel bridge 5A out of ... (more)

Nashville & Eastern's thrice weekly empty rock train from Nashville cruises through the countryside at Hickman, TN just west of it's destination of Carthage.

Nashville & Eastern's thrice weekly empty rock train from Nashville cruises through Brush Creek on the former Tennessee Central mainline between Emory Gap and Nashville.

Nashville & Eastern's thrice weekly empty rock train from Nashville arrives at Carthage Jct and will diverge off the old Tennessee Central mainline onto the Carthage branch to load at the quarry.

WAMX #4204 sits in Canton, NC by the sand pit on the Blue Ridge Southern. Within the last week, BLU paid special tribute to Jim Wrinn by placing the message on the side of #4204. "Hon... (more)

NS 234 approaches the end of it's run from Chicago as it crosses Bridge 7 on the former N&W mainline into Norfolk. The parallel massive Gilmerton bridge towers over Bridge 7.

NV01 crosses the former Virginian Railway/Belt Line bridge over the eastern branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk. The train is taking a cut of stack cars to NIT for export. The structure, or... (more)

AS 234 makes it's reverse move across Bridge 5, 822 cruises by en route to Lambert's Point for export.

Due in large part to PSR, super long stack trains now have to pull all the way out onto Bridge 5 to make their set-offs at Portlock. This was the case on a beautiful afternoon in downtown Norfolk... (more)

233 accelerates out of Portlock for it's westbound run to Landers Yard in Chicago.

T31 (Canton turn) hits a sucker hole of sunlight on the westbound return to Canton as the eastern redbuds begin to bloom in the mountains of North Carolina.

Shenandoah Valley (DGVR #5940) leads the return trip from Harrisonburg back through Wayers Cave, VA

Shenandoah Valley (DGVR #5940) leads the return trip from Harrisonburg back to Staunton as they pass through Verona, VA crossing the Middle River.

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.