The Norfolk Ford Assembly Plant ceased production on June 2007. In 2011, the main assembly building was purchased by Katoen Natie for $10.5 million to be used as a distribution hub for plastic pe... (more)

A switcher from the Commonwealth Railway is now assigned to the Rail Link contract at International Paper in Franklin, Virginia.

The Yorktown Power Station was constructed in 1957 and powered approximately 285,000 homes on the Virginia Peninsula. The Dominion Energy power plant had a net generating capacity of 1,141 megawat... (more)

US Army Reserves from the 757th Expeditionary Railway Command, Team One, conducted annual training at Fort Eustis. Crews exchange a wave as two trains pass each other in Hanks Yard. A yard crew op... (more)

US Army Reserves from the 757th Expeditionary Railway Command, Team One, conducted annual training at Fort Eustis. The team planned a scenario of deploying abroad to a war-torn country, revitalizi... (more)

As US Army Locomotive 1880 enters Hanks Yard Limits it is greeted by a M1028 CUCV - Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle. Both the locomotive and truck are products of General Motors, albeit made 30 y... (more)

A Fort Eustis Military Railway train enters the Range Complex on Mulberry Island. The 8 mile Mulberry Island Division makes a loop around the world's first military heliport (Felker Army Airfield)... (more)

When was the last time you saw a caboose fly? This Chessie Cat took a flying leap from the CSX main line to a display track next to the restored 1881 depot in the town of Lee Hall, Virginia. The C... (more)

Army locomotive 1880 "gets in your face" as it rounds the bend with a short work train including caboose.

Engineer SFC Elm looks back over his train as it rolls past the Pines Golf Course on its way to the range with a work train.

Affectionately called "the critter" by the crew, this center cab switch engine was constructed by General Electric in 1952 for the US Government. Behind the locomotive is a heavy duty flatcar buil... (more)

Built in 1954 as a GP-9 this locomotive was rebuilt to a GP-16 by the SCL in 1979 and re-manufactured by Conrail at Juniata Locomotive Shops in 1993 for the US Army Railroad to use on Mulberry Isl... (more)

A 1/2 Ton Toyota Pick-Up sits next to an 80-Ton GE Switcher used by the Utility Rail Branch, and a small track speeder used by the track maintenance department. This old work horse (the locomotive... (more)

This 80-Ton Diesel used by the Utility Rail Branch at Fort Eustis was built in the mid-1950’s by General Electric. The Army rebuilt this 80-tonner in 1989 to be equipped with Cummins 6 Cylinder ... (more)

The local switcher sits out the weekend on the team track next to the Hopewell office.