Running late due to an outage, manifest train 38G makes its way east through Pittsburgh, PA on the afternoon of November 15, 2020.

NS 18T leads the northbound parade over the high trestle at Compton on a sunny, but cold morning in the Shenandoah Valley. #716

A Westbound NS intermodal crosses U.S. 52 along The Kenova District on the outskirts of Naugatuck, West Virginia.

NS local U91 rolls across the Slab Fork trestle with three GE motors at the point, rolling along the Princeton-Deepwater District from Deepwater to Elmore Yard. With the announcement that the lin... (more)

In the final days of the Virginian P-D District, U91 makes its way across the northern section of the line from Alloy on the West Virginia Secondary to Elmore, near Mullens, passing under Sweeneyb... (more)

Westbound 777 drops down the Middle Yard Lead, leaving Williamson Yard Westbound for Portsmouth.

Well...that can't be good

It seems the 2% grades of the Princeton-Deepwater District have taken a toll on U85, today's train being one of the last of the ex-VGN hill runs. As the tr... (more)

Classic Covel

With the news of the Elmore to Kellysville section of the ex-Virginian P-D District being shut down in favor of the lower-grade Guyandot River Branch, the days of 2... (more)

After cresting the 2% grade from Deepwater to Oak Hill, Elmore bound U91 begins down the 1% grade between Oak Hill and Pax, just a few seconds away from crossing the trestle over Painter Creek at ... (more)

Crossing the James River

Peace in the Middle East? NS 153 accelerates through Oakwood, passing the town's Nativity scene. Despite the peace reflected in that scene, a tank rides on a DODX flat car first out on the ... (more)

Pushers roll light under the soon to be replaced N&W signal bridge near Elhorn Tunnel. Fall colors are starting to emerge...

The NS 8135 backs the last cut of limestone from the 68R into the East Yard at Belews Creek Steam Station. This is used in the plant WFGD or "scrubber" system and is injected into the flue gas to ... (more)