The mountain local blasts out of a tunnel deep in the heart of the mountains.

High hood at Staunton.

The mountain local departs Staunton under a gorgeous sunrise. An ex NS high hood leads two Western Marylands.

Looking just a little worse for wear this SOU/NS alumnus is a backking down the spur to serve an industry. She’s probably awaiting a rhinoplasty and a skin graft. Well a new paint job anyway. ... (more)

After swapping trains at the CSX interchange yard, Z710 brings a big cut of chip empties back onto home rails for the trek to Dillwyn.

Z710 shoves onto CSX's Rivanna Sub main with a short train of chip loads that'll eventually head to the paper mill in Covington.

An ex-L&N GP7 leads the BB Buckingham Division local on their way back from the CSX interchange.

Z710 pulls off the CSX connection and onto the tail track at New Canton. They'll shove the rest of the way back to Dillwyn with a big train of empties.

Z710 shoves onto the CSX ex-C&O main at Bremo Bluff behind a pair of chop nose geeps.

Buckingham Branch Z710 works their way up the original BB Buckingham Division with a GP7 and GP16 leading a train of loaded woodchips for the CSX interchange.

An ex-NS high hood GP38-2 leads Z631 down the Goshen Industrial Track with a cut of tie gons that will be taken to the CSX interchange at Clifton Forge.

Z631 runs down to the tie plant in Goshen to pick up some cars for CSX behind a pair of geeps.

Amtrak 50 and 51 are head to head in the hole at Brand to let a westbound CSX trackage rights train by. This is all three railroads that operate the former C&O North Mountain Subdivision in one ph... (more)

Amtrak 51 waits for a signal out of the hole at Brand with Buckingham Branch motors piloting, meanwhile Amtrak 50 passes on the main.

Four Buckingham Branch geeps lead Clifton Forge bound local around the S curve at Staunton.