Classic lines in blue and grey! Two of the RF&P's finest idle at the Bryant Park terminal on a bright spring afternoon waiting on their next run to Potomac Yard.

Power-short Clinchfield leased more F units from the RF&P, and a couple of the units were on this extra south at Barrett, the yard at Johnson City (Tenn.), on Nov. 20, 1963. The mainline no long... (more)

RFP GP7 102 pauses between assignments at Byran Park Terminal in Richmond in July 1967.

RFP 91 pauses between assignments at Byran Park Terminal in Richmond in June 1967.

Although restored in the old RF&P paint scheme, engine #101 was originally built in November 1950 and still operates today for the Buckingham Branch Railroad as engine BB #101 located in the small... (more)

Northbound RF&P TOFC train No. 176 was crossing Powells Creek, near Neabsco, VA on June 29, 1989 with GP40-2 No. 144 and Amtrak F40PH No. 308. The 308 had been in a crossing accident south of Ric... (more)

Amtrak P30CH No. 700 leads a quartet of P30CHs on southbound No. 53, the Auto Train, as it crosses RF&P's new single track bridge over Quantico Creek in Quantico, VA on July 29, 1989.

A southbound RF&P/CSX Operation Red Block Special was southbound on the RF&P on Oct. 26, 1988 with RF&P GP40 No. 127 and CSX GP40 No. 6796. As usual, when RF&P ran special trains, they picked the... (more)

RF&P's Acca Yard and Bryan Park Terminal could be a lonely place on Christmas Day in the 1980's. Basically, all freight operations were curtailed and the only trains running were the Amtrak passe... (more)

RF&P Mechanical Dept. employees gather around an N&W boxcar on March 6, 1978, as it is set back on the rails following a small "defrucalty" in the yard at Fredericksburg, VA.

RF&P had almost a super-railroad reputation, but it wasn't all cutting edge operation, as this scene of a crew member sprinting ahead to flag a street crossing proves.

Southbound TOFC hotshot No. 191 was splitting the signals at Rutherglen, VA on December 12, 1987. The area between Rutherglen and Colemans Mill is graced with enough pine trees to give one a bit ... (more)

On of my favorite places on the RF&P for fall colors has always been Colemans Mill. The stand of oaks west of the tracks always seem to give a good display. On Halloween Day in 1987, southbound ... (more)

Its work almost done, RF&P's southbound No. 503, the Acca Local was leaving Doswell, VA on a cold Jan. 11, 1988, led by GP35 No. 131. In tow are eight cars of newsprint from Bear Island Paper Co.... (more)