Celebrity status. As The Great Survivor heads north for her morning work railfans are in attendance. When I worked just to my left many years before the tracks were weed grown, operated by T-6s,... (more)

A violent thunderstorm is looming in the background as the local is heading for the siding to do some switching. About five minutes later SPLOOSH! and ten minutes after that the sun was out. Uns... (more)

There are several shots of this unit on RP.net when it was black and high nosed. Here it is in the company's rather attractive paint job, rhinoplasty complete and earning its keep as proved by ou... (more)

Parked behind the railroad's HQ this former Army unit is named "The General" and I suspect is something of a mascot. We couldn't find anyone to ask whether it actually operates. Built ... (more)

In the pouring rain BB's daily train is roaring up the steep grade, generating that Run 8 EMD sound that shakes the earth and vibrates the ambient air. The second and third career locomotives, in... (more)

Originally SOU, then NS and, with at tasteful rhinoplasty, still looking good and performing useful work in the beautiful countryside of the Old Dominion. I rather like the simple but unusual pai... (more)

Z631 shoves down the Stella lead in Goshen.

BB 16 leads the dinner train eastbound through Little Rock Tunnel. This small 80 foot bore on the east slope of Afton mountain is one of the highlights of the scenery that the North Mountain Subdi... (more)

Downtown Drive: BB 13 leads a string of empty coal cars westbound through downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, as they head to the University of Virginia, to drop off the coal cars.

College Coal: BB12 leads Buckingham Branch local Z631 westbound over the Main Street Bridge in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the train drops off some coal cars for the University of Virginia coal... (more)

Originally PC, then CR, then OHCR this old horse is looking mighty slick in the late summer sun. It's nice how EMDs can get a new lease on life unlike those great chugging GEs of old. Looks like... (more)

Clifton Forge is a shadow of what it used to be but is still a very interesting railroad town. It is still a significant terminal for CSX, is a stop for Amtrak's Cardinal, and home to the C&O Rail... (more)

Helping Hand: BB 13 leads a light helper set eastbound through Buffalo Gap, Virginia, along the Buckingham Branch Railroad, as they trail the N&W J 611 eastbound excursion train move.

A trio of BB geeps sitting in Doswell, getting started up 1 by 1, likely for running later in the day.

Buckingham Branch X450, the Alleghany Flyer departs Goshen siding and heads back east to Staunton with the Thursday - Sunday lunch excursion train. The Goshen industrial spur can be seen in the fo... (more)