Q541 exits the Twin Tunnels at Grants Bend. Q541 and its counterpart are the only scheduled trains over the former L&N (outside some locals along the line).

The 76th Annual Santa Train splits the intermediate signals just short of their Fort Blackmore stop.

With a cluster of barns forming a frame and the mountains of Virginia providing a backdrop, loaded coal train T090-17 makes its way through the stunning scenery along the Cumberland Valley Subdiv... (more)

A two hour late Amtrak #4 'The Southwest Chief' passes by the ATSF signals at 'Jansen' at dusk nearing its next station stop at Trinidad,CO.

The New River Train makes it's last trip for 2018 up though the gorge.

A 75 car empty coal train out of Russell is working down the Big Sandy towards Martin Yard. At Martin a new crew will hop on for the trip over to Hazard. The train is seen here passing classic ex-... (more)

Empty Charlotte ethanol K460-30 crosses the massive trestle over the Broad River on the former Clinchfield mainline.

On a cool and foggy summer night in Northwest Ohio, CSX train Q636 knocks down the C&O era intermediates at MP 95.8. While the replacement project is in full swing along the Pemberville Sub, the i... (more)

Preparing to make its descent down the Clinchfield Loops, Q693 exits Vance Tunnel as the signal for SE Toe River stands guard all these years later from the days of CC&O steam tackling the Blue R... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Missoula to Laurel manifest freight passes the old stock pens and loaders at Toston, Montana, on July 1, 2018. The rustic facility has dual loading shoots that appear to be s... (more)

Empty coal hoppers scream through the hollers of Dickens County Virginia as CSX E760 makes its way up the former Clinchfield Railroad destined for the mines to the north to get more black rock fro... (more)

A dramatic sky unfolds at dusk on a frigid January morning as NS 15T ducks through the classic Norfolk & Western Railway cantilevers at Radford, Virginia. These signals have now been cut over afte... (more)

Splitting the blades, featured here Amtrak's Southwest Chief #4 traverses underneath an illuminated sky as it prepares to knock down the last pair of intermediate semaphore signals that it'll enco... (more)

U58 brings tidewater loads over the crest of Raitt Mountain, passing the signal at Virginia Lee, where a siding used to end. The Southern Pacific Heritage Unit, which has hung around the Buchanan ... (more)

CSX manifest Q540 rolls north along the Clear Fork River. The L&N's route through the Cumberland Mountains is shared with this river and highway 25W, collectively making use of all the space avail... (more)