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)

Northeast Regional #156 crossing through the interlocking with the Buckingham Branch Railroad. It is approaching the Charlottesville Union Station platform where a large group of passengers will s... (more)

Buckingham Branch's Doswell based local power lays over for the weekend with an ex-NS GP38-2 as their lead engine.

A tattered and torn Savannah and Atlanta heritage unit is in charge of NS 29C as it heads west through Wabun, VA. A trip to the Juniata shops would do wonders for this heritage unit.

A westbound hopper train rolls through the Virginia countryside on a cool Spring night. Overhead, a strong solar storm provides something not seen in over 20 years, the Northern Lights, which were... (more)

The Lackawanna heritage unit was just re-released from the Juniata shops in Altoona, PA a few days ago after an overhaul and a fresh coat of paint. In Ohio it was placed on train NS 18M and it’s... (more)