The Norfolk Southern B-Line meanders through the countryside of Virginia's Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley. In the last couple weeks, the landscape has exploded with spring color. This certainly ha... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Operation Awareness & and Response (OAR) safety train rolls past the former Purina tower in Marshall, Virginia eastbound on the NS B-Line. Today, the train is heading to Alexand... (more)

A mixed freight winds along the Manassas B-line with an SD60E leading a stellar power consist while rain shower leaves a misty atmosphere on the hills of Virginia.

Norfolk Southern's Southern heritage unit leading intermodal train 227 on ex-Southern trackage.

Norfolk & Western A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 shows off its articulation as it approaches the I-66 overpass near Markham, Virginia. This was an Alexandria – Front Royal excursion.

An SD60E leads a mixed freight as it snakes through the hills of northwestern Virginia on a cold, rainy afternoon.

#611 works upgrade towards Front Royal with "The American"

N&W 611 puts on quite a show as it works through the countryside near Markham, VA on June 4, 2016.

Norfolk & Western #611 during excursion run from Manassas, VA. to Front Royal, VA.

Markham was a popular shot among railfans for the 611 trips this past weekend, offering a nice sweeping curve and a S-curve right off of I-66. For the Sunday morning trip I got myself to Markham ... (more)

NW 611 hustles eastbound through rural Markham with some spectators gathered around the crossing.

NW 611 hustles eastbound through rural Markham.

The Lackawanna (Delaware, Lackawanna & Western) Heritage unit leads NS Train 211 east through the cold November rain past Markham, Virginia.

What a scene, what a day! Davis Strench gets all the credit of scoping out vantage points on this chase, obtaining permission from the farmer seen waving to the train by the fence well in advance... (more)