C210 departs Clifton Forge with CSX 3194 leading the way with some impressive fall color hanging on the trees.

With a fresh crew on board, C209 pulls East at Clifton Forge to spot the Mid-train DPs on the fuel pad before departing Eastbound as the sun lights up the valley shortly after sunrise.

A rainy day look back through time... CSX's office car special passes the grounds of the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society's Heritage Center, westbound on CSX's former C&O mainline at Cl... (more)

Lake Shore Limited in Virginia?? The Appalachian Mountains loom in the background as a late eastbound Cardinal departs Clifton Forge. Usually the Cardinal runs with a short consist and a single l... (more)

Sitting quiet at the C&O railway museum in Clifton Forge, the Greenbrier Presidential Express locomotive 614 rust's away on display.

With 220 loads of coal for Newport News on the drawbar, C207-18 departs Clifton Forge with a fresh crew on boar for the trip to Richmond.

Phased Out Phase Four. Like a reunion of bygone eras, Amtrak Train 50 (Cardinal) makes the station stop at Clifton Forge, Virginia on October 19, 2022 with AMTK 184 (P42DC, Phase IV) leadin... (more)

A single KCS tier 4 GEVO leads a military train out of Clifton Forge, VA.

C&O 614 and C&O 5828 on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center Museum in Clifton, Forge, Virginia.

With three generations of motive power on display, CSX Y101 works the yard in Clifton Forge beside two former workhorses for the C&O in SD40 7536 and Greenbrier class 4-8-4 614 that are on display... (more)

Big Knob and Fore Mountain loom over Smith Creek Yard.

On a chilly Halloween morning in Clifton Forge, the yard crew performs H750's switching duties aboard a brand new CM44AH rebuild fresh out of the paint shops in Huntington. On track 1 is westbound... (more)

A new GE rebuild locomotive working Clifton Forge Yard on Halloween. The C&O Railway Heritage Center Smith Creek Yard is to the right. CSXT CM44AH 7244 was originally built as CSXT CW44AC 273 in 1... (more)

The beauty of Virginia isn't so apparent in winter, when it can be cold, wet and foggy. On this visit to Clifton Forge, the forecast was for freezing temperatures later in the day, but I had to g... (more)

Geeps and cabooses mingle at Clifton Forge back when it was still a very important spot on the Chesapeake & Ohio.