Originally SOU, then NS and, with at tasteful rhinoplasty, still looking good and performing useful work in the beautiful countryside of the Old Dominion. I rather like the simple but unusual pai... (more)

The Shenandoah Valley local crew builds their outbound train at their small yard in Staunton.

The SV Local begins their morning switching in Staunton.

DGVR 5940 runs around their train while BB Z631 waits for permission into the yard.

367 emits a plume of exhaust as it pulls over the hill into the house track, cutting away from 5940 and their train.

Buckingham Branch Mountain Local cruises past cold storage siding in Staunton, headed to switch out the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard.

Buckingham Branch Z631 rolls past the Staunton depot with Western Maryland 7471 on lease.

Buckingham Branch Z631 with the Western Maryland 7471 leading clears up in the hole at Brand siding to let Z621 by.

Shortly after a cold start, PNLX 7471 assisted by 3 Buckingham Branch GP’s clears the congestion from her throat as the EMD 645 symphony pulls cars off the Shenandoah Valley Railroad interchange... (more)

Durbin Greenbrier Valley Railroad's SVRR making a special run north today due to not running on Friday. Pictured are GP9s 5940 and 6512 also known by local area railroaders and fans as the twins b... (more)

Dash 8-32BWH leads the eastbound Cardinal near Staunton, Va.

Amtrak 50 and 51 are head to head in the hole at Brand to let a westbound CSX trackage rights train by. This is all three railroads that operate the former C&O North Mountain Subdivision in one ph... (more)

Amtrak 51 waits for a signal out of the hole at Brand with Buckingham Branch motors piloting, meanwhile Amtrak 50 passes on the main.

Amtrak 50 leans into the curve past the Augusta Co-op with a rare Dash 8 leading.

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley 5940 was built as C&O 5940 in 1955. 70 years later, it's still going strong on DGVR sister road Shenandoah Valley.