Three loaded coal trains and one grain train wait to go east on the former Virginian Ry mainline. They are sitting beside the restored Virginian Depot.

Former Southern 2760 leads a mixed freight long hood forward through High Point NC.

A Rare Find! While waiting in Thurmond for one of the 1987 New River Trains to pass through, I photographed this box car sitting beside the Engine Shed. It wasn't until recently that I came across... (more)

6112 leads a Piggyback train southbound through High Point NC.

Former N&W SD40-2 6162 leads an eastbound coal train up Elkhorn Grade, just west of the Elkhorn Tunnel, heading for Bluefield West Virginia.

Former N&W SD40-2 6120, Southern Pacific SD40E 7328 and former N&W GE C30-7, push another loaded coal train toward Bluefield West Virginia. The city of Bluefield sits on the state line between Vir... (more)

Stuck in Kingsport...Frustration has set-in for the UP Steam Crew Member leaning out of the cab window of Clinchfield Challenger 676, aka UP 3985. While attempting to turn the engine on the wye, t... (more)

Clinchfield Challenger 676, aka Union Pacific 3985, simmers in the yard at Kingsport TN while a pair of NS GP38-2s pass by. The Challenger has been brought east to celebrate the 50th anniversary... (more)

Amtrak Train 79 has just left Pomona Station in Greensboro and is rolling southbound.

The tail end of the loaded coal train, under the bridge going east, will shortly become the front of the train heading south. NS 4000 and 4001 will couple onto the train and take the connecting tr... (more)

N&W 475 backs up for another photo runby on this beautiful fall morning as a lone burro helps itself to some breakfast.

Southern Railway 542, a J-Class 2-8-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903, poses for a night photo shoot at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The Atlantic & Yadkin Railway was a subs... (more)

V&T #25, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1905, takes a spin on the Armstrong turntable at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Waiting her turn in the background is V&T #22 "INYO", bui... (more)

Night is falling at Hinton WV. We are cold, wet and tired but extremely happy. It's 1985 and we have been chasing a steam engine pulling a loaded coal train all day long in the snow! 614 has been ... (more)

611 is passing the former Norfolk & Western East End Shops where she was built in May 1950. The shops have been closed by Norfolk Southern and now stand deserted.