For all intents and purposes the town of Emory and the University are one. Out in the country by itself rather than buried in a big city, it's a charming historical place even without Norfolk Sou... (more)

16T storms through Maugansville on the Lurgan line with a rainbow in the background.

NS 16T at Natural Bridge

Eastbound freight clattering across the switches and passing a former BNSF SD40-2. After the next train passes the 3495 will hotfoot it to Pulaski light under a work train number.

Clear air is for wimps! Real men like their oxygen with a little TEXTURE. Anyway, if all else fails blame it on them furriners.

NS 8100 (Nickel Plate Road) leads a northbound mixed freight past the restored station in Luray on a frigid morning in the Shenandoah Valley. #716

NS train 16T goes into the siding at Vaughn Summit to meet train 15T. #716

NS train 16T begins it's journey north with some foreign power in the lead. #716

NS train 16T glides over the high trestle at Compton with a large cut of Amtrak hoppers. #716

NS train 16T makes a quick eastbound move before continuing north across the bridge at Riverton Junction with a large cut of brand new Amtrak hoppers. #716

East of Marion the railroad squiggles through a series of short curves, apparently to avoid sinkholes, slowing down the trains and giving some good sun angles. After a chase from Abingdon, at las... (more)

The headlights of NS train 16T pierce through the night sky while it idles short of the signal at Glasgow waiting for the southbound NS train 201 to take the siding.

NS train 16T crosses a location made famous O. Winston Link on a beautiful morning in the Shenandoah Valley. #716

NS train 16T wakes up the small town of Stanley, VA on a beautiful morning in the Shenandoah Valley. #716

NS 4097 leads a massive northbound 16T.