Norfolk & Western 611 passed two churches as it rolls into Staunton on a gorgeous October morning.
Celebrity status. As The Great Survivor heads north for her morning work railfans are in attendance. When I worked just to my left many years before the tracks were weed grown, operated by T-6s,... (more)
The sun has set as 8100 leads NS 54J east through Rich Creek, VA.
Looking just a little worse for wear this SOU/NS alumnus is a backking down the spur to serve an industry. She’s probably awaiting a rhinoplasty and a skin graft. Well a new paint job anyway. ... (more)
NS 54J heads east through Flat Top Yard on the Pokey.
CSX M652 passes the rock cuts at Moss Run with trees beginning to grow back from the double track upgrade they did years ago. The train was probably going less than 5 miles per hour, struggling up... (more)
An empty stone train idles at the Carmeuse facility in Clear Brook with the "Chesapeake and Ohio" heritage unit leading.
CSX M652 exists the west portal of the Lewis Tunnel heading towards its destination in Hinton, WV. The Mid DP came out of the tunnel looking like a steam locomotive billowing lots of black smoke.
12Z runs the curve through the only good NB light at Mt Joy heading towards Shenandoah
Trashing Alabama? This mixed freight looks like a stacker in the front but today it’s filled out to over 12,000 feet by a huge trash cut from the Northeast going to be transplanted where “sta... (more)
On a nice summer evening, L129 passes an old coal tipple and a park dedicated to Patsy Cline, who had her childhood home up on a nearby hill.
L129 heads north past a pond with a pretty sky in the background with a pair of older CSX GP's.
12Z passes the strong standing CPLs at Vaughn heading North with fading light
WW power idles in Clear Brook for the weekend as probably the most beautiful sunset of the year develops in the background.
27A passes the Front Royal Country Club's golf course, a 9 hole course along the Shenandoah River. Then 27A crosses a creek and goes under I-66 which is not far behind my drone. Always liked the... (more)
