Moving quickly through a fine winter afternoon.

An all-power move waiting on an eastbound.

Siding time for the morning local.

NS 09M pulls away from Abingdon after dropping his passengers off and heads toward Bristol where he will swap crews and turn the power around.

Amtrak's fall excursion unloads passengers in Abingdon, VA then will head to Bristol swap the power and come back.

Excursion train from Roanoke has arrived and is discharging riders in Abingdon at the former N&W Passenger and Freight Depots.

Scooting westbound "hammerhead style" with a small consist the local has "gethomeitis" today. Anybody know what little box on the second unit is?

Something un-expected on NS: six green units on a WB power transfer move.

Local train is parked on siding. In background is ex-N&W caboose refurbished by town forces.

Norfolk and Western 335 and a GP-9 are performing final switching prior to heading down the Abingdon Branch to West Jefferson, NC.

Ballast train on the siding to allow 22A to pass.

Eastbound passing the historic in-use, by local organizations, Freight and Passenger Depots and display caboose of the N&W.

The westbound (22A) gets a clear signal and begins to roll as the scruffy local moves east on the siding.

Okay, when was the last time you saw three of these on one train. Have all of these been assigned to this area? This could not occur by accident. V-40 is tied up tonight in Abingdon. Today's c... (more)

The retired caboose on display is almost as amazed as I was to see 3 units of the same model on the WB local. The crew died on the law so the old crummy will probably get to contemplate the train... (more)