A westbound "overhead" empty unit coal train roars by the old C&O station now on the Buckingham Branch Railroad. Despite the name and the appearance of the locomotive's snowplow, this i... (more)

A violent thunderstorm is looming in the background as the local is heading for the siding to do some switching. About five minutes later SPLOOSH! and ten minutes after that the sun was out. Uns... (more)

There are several shots of this unit on RP.net when it was black and high nosed. Here it is in the company's rather attractive paint job, rhinoplasty complete and earning its keep as proved by ou... (more)

Parked behind the railroad's HQ this former Army unit is named "The General" and I suspect is something of a mascot. We couldn't find anyone to ask whether it actually operates. Built ... (more)

The great survivor. I saw this unit on an N&W local around 1966 and have followed it for years in the press. I had seen it rusting away and covered with vines. I'd been to Staunton several time... (more)

In the pouring rain BB's daily train is roaring up the steep grade, generating that Run 8 EMD sound that shakes the earth and vibrates the ambient air. The second and third career locomotives, in... (more)

At St. Paul NS' former N&W and CSX's former Clinchfield parallel and cross each other alongside the Chinch River. Here a southbound coal train rounds the curve approaching the point where they go... (more)

It's redbud time in Southwest Virginia and spring is springing out all over as southbound coal runs eastbound on NS by going west. Photo by Jim, aka Boxcar Jim, Satterwhite. From my collection.

Yes, OK it is SBD and that's its short lived new number but I want to hang on to "our railroad" a little longer. This is what happens when a locomotive that's been filthy all it's like ... (more)

Obviously at Dante though not on the slide. Neither was a photographer. It must have just been repainted as these got filthy, often unreadable in a very short time on this coal hauler.

Waynoka has been more in the past than it is now. Once a crew change and passenger stop it still has a classic ATSF facility which I hope is preserved for other use. A few yard tracks still exis... (more)

A unit originally Southern via NS and LLPX is leading the daily train southbound. They are switching in front of a large church.

Were the colors of its last owner this old workhorse is shuffling hoppers at the unloader. I can only surmise that the backhoe is used to poke loads that fail to dump.

Curvature of the earth? Probably not but it looks like it as a westbound empty coal train makes its way back to the Powder River Basin.

Southbound stacks at a place for the sun in the afternoon and a place with all that great Kansas scenery.