DGVR 5940, PNLX 7436, and caboose DGVR 3260 are lined up in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard on a hot July evening, representing an early Chessie System scene.

PNLX 7436 and DGVR 5940 pose for photos in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard, representing a scene during the early days of Chessie System.

A former WM SD40 sits on a siding north of Goshen.

Z631 yards their train in Clifton Forge with WM 7471 leading.

Z631 heads down the Selma Lead bound for Clifton Forge Yard, where they'll swap cars for the return trip to Staunton.

Z631 exits a work area and works their way west towards the CSX connection at Clifton Forge behind four EMDs.

Buckingham Branch's Z631 accelerates out of Bells Valley, VA with a train for the CSX interchange at Clifton Forge. Leading is a leased Precision Locomotive SD40 7471, dressed in as-delivered West... (more)

Western Maryland 7471 eases BB Z631 onto the Selma Lead in Clifton Forge.

Whining dynamic brakes bounce off the mountain ridges and echo through rural Alleghany County as engineer Ian Whaley holds back his train on the descent through Crane, Copeland and Griffith before... (more)

BB Mountain Jet shoves into Clifton Forge yard with Western Maryland 7471.

BB Mountain Jet waits in the clear at Fishersville yard with Western Maryland 7471 while a hopper jet passes on the main.

Buckingham Branch Mountain Local cruises past cold storage siding in Staunton, headed to switch out the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard.

If it weren’t for ditch lights, one may think this is a hot Alpha Jet thundering out of Big Savage Tunnel in 1970 enroute to Lurgan, PA on it’s journey along the Western Maryland’s share of ... (more)

A symphony of howling EMD 645’s rings out through rural Buffalo Gap, VA, announcing the mountain local’s arrival as WM 7471 leads the train’s assault on North Mountain Grade.

Buckingham Branch Z631 rolls past the Staunton depot with Western Maryland 7471 on lease.