Before it turned dark, the staging for the triple crossing night shoot at the 1983 NRHS convention in Richmond, Virginia was complete. While waiting for the main event, taking a few daylight shots... (more)

CSXT 309, with faded paints, sits in front of the locomotive shop at Acca Yard.

CSXT 8251 sits in front of the yard office at Acca Yard.

CSX 8780 sits outside the diesel shops in the Richmond yard.

CSXT 4085 doing swithcher job at Acca Yard, Ricmond

CSXT 3255 at Acca Yard, Ricmond

Q41001 arrives at Acca yard in Richmond with the office car train in tow (F40's on the head end and office cars on the rear), featuring two cars freshly painted into CSX's new B&O-inspired office ... (more)

Q41001 crosses the James River into Richmond with the office car train in tow (F40's on the head end and office cars on the rear)

Q41001 crosses the James River into Richmond with the office car train in tow (F40's on the head end and office cars on the rear)

A crew member runs ahead to flag a street crossing a few hundred yards north of the Amtrak station. Don't know if this was routine or a temporary response to a faulty crossing gate, but it looks ... (more)

Acca Yard was the southern-most point on the Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac, a Class I railroad that was a bridge line "Linking North & South" about 113 miles in length. The RF&P con... (more)

There is always a variety of motive power to be found at CSX’s Acca Yard in Richmond, Virginia. On January 20, 2015, Dash 9-44CW 9040 is front and center, still wearing the YN2 paint scheme. To ... (more)

A coal train idles just outside of Richmond waiting for a clear signal while a mixed freight rolls by on the A-line above on a bright, sunny, summer morning.

On a hot summer morning, a loaded coal train powers up and creeps along the James River route after holding at the signals for a little while, as a second southbound train rolls by on the A-line a... (more)