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One of several N series loaded coal trains that serve power plants in Florida (N019-20) pass through Roanoke with three Generals powering its voyage. A combination of horsepower, tractive effort ... (more)

After receiving permission to proceed through work limits, 100 double stack cars follow their leader BNSF #7737 south over 136-lb RE rail pass the jointed siding track in Roanoke.

Looking odd at first sight, a huge pile of crossties come rolling down the mainline with a gentlemen seemingly perched on top of them... In actuality, a CSX MAC truck is traveling in reverse with... (more)

Loaded with MOW Equipment, blue and gold YN3 EMDs cut through the grade crossing at Depot St with a 71 ft 50 Series Chessie at lead.

The ear piercing sound of steel wheels against rail, fill the air as this hooper train makes a nocturnal move south with a single BNSF locomotive on the point. The color light signal standing gua... (more)

A downpour gives some CSX GEs a bath, while they're hard at work pulling a manifest train south from ( Birmingham, AL to Waycross, GA).

A pair of BNSF Heritage II locomotives power 101 loaded container cars over the mainline, bound for the Intermodal Facility in Fairburn, GA. The air above the engines blur from the hot exhaust a... (more)

A southbound CSX Q101 train comes through on the mainline with yet another colorful display of containers and a couple of wide cabs to haul them to their next delivery point. Transported in singl... (more)

A couple of CSX six axel generals, navigate the Lineville Subdivision through Roanoke with 96 mixed freight cars. Passing the Roanoke siding and house track, this Waycross, GA bound train next si... (more)

A beautiful morning sets the scene for CSX train Q125-20, as it arrives into Roanoke. Its duo of CSX motive power, almost effortlessly pull a short consist of containers (4,565 feet) pass the sma... (more)

"THE RAILROAD KITTY"... The merger of the C&O Railroad with B&O Railroad and Western Maryland Railway in 1972, gave way to the formation of the Chessie System. This new companies logo w... (more)

Cruising on the mainline with 7,492 feet of train, Q685-08 travels south with a MAC on the point. All 123 cars that it's composed of, wheel flanges will be lubricated here at mp. 843.

Weighing a whopping (432,000 pounds) this AC powered GE thunders over the mainline with 95 loaded autoracks. Not long after Q235-20 exited Roanoke, southbound CSX train Q125 followed hot on its h... (more)

"Locomotive Burnout"... After a train stalls in Roanoke with 110 loads of coal, power from another train was brought in to pull it over the hill. During the rescue attempt, wheel slippage occurre... (more)