NS 51V thunders up the grade at Shawsville with a brand new C6M in the lead. A BC Rail trails second. Not many of these venture out to this part of the US so it was a nice treat which was pleasa... (more)

A heavy thunderstorm unleashes its fury upon this eastbound double stack train as it races east towards Roanoke.

A double stack train drops downgrade at Friendship Road in a heavy thunderstorm. A relatively new and shiny AC44C6M leads the train as it heads towards a crew swap in Roanoke.

The Milwaukee Road Heritage Unit shoves a deadhead train from the yard towards Union Station for an afternoon of service on the Milwaukee West District. Here, the train is passing the Western Ave... (more)

A double stack train snakes it’s way past some old N&W cast iron whistle posts that have escaped replacement.

The DPUs of a loaded coal train whine downgrade past a field of purple wildflowers. The train was a monster, featuring two engines up front, three in the middle, and these two on the rear.

A Canadian visitor navigates around the S curves in Shawsville, VA as it leads empty ethanol 65W back towards Chicagoland.

The Erie heritage unit pops out of the Pembroke tunnel as it roars towards Bluefield with an empty grain train.

NS 51Z howls past Shawsville in notch 8 after stopping briefly to inspect one of the grain hoppers.

After a crew swap, NS 811 eases through the Bluefield, WV yard as it makes its way towards the coalfields. The Norfolk and Western heritage unit is on home rails, and looks great in the yard that... (more)

NS 12Z breaks the silence in the lower Shenandoah valley as it clears CP Lithia with the still clean looking Southern Heritage unit making an appearance. The switch is still guarded by the old N&... (more)

NS 18M drops downgrade in a gloomy late June afternoon. The brilliant colors of the original Norfolk Southern heritage unit contrasted nicely with the fog and rain.

A (nearly) three way meet! Metra 213 shoves a train toward Chicago as Metra 194 slows to a stop on the far track. If you look closely under 213’s green signal, you can see the headlight of an ... (more)

The Southern heritage unit leads train 12Z through Arcadia, VA on a warm summer morning. The green of the engine blends pleasantly with the rolling hills of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

NS 77A pulls into Appalachia, VA with the still shiny Southern Heritage Unit.