The Amtrak Cardinal exits the Millboro Tunnel on the Buckingham Branch Railroad. As the train travels eastward, its vibrations shake the nearby deciduous trees and cause the autumnal leaves to fal... (more)

The Silver Star sails into Fredericksburg in the late evening.

Amtrak 195 stops at the Ashland Station to pick up and drop off passengers. The locomotive paused in a perfect spot next to the RF&P steam train mural.

Lake Shore Limited in Virginia?? The Appalachian Mountains loom in the background as a late eastbound Cardinal departs Clifton Forge. Usually the Cardinal runs with a short consist and a single l... (more)

The Southbound Northeast Regional Train departing from station stop in Ashland on the summer evening.

Phase IV #164 running north with Amtrak Northeast Regional P158-25 past an approach signal for an incoming southbound. Didn't take long for this newly painted unit's shine to wear off and collect ... (more)

Phased Out Phase Four. Like a reunion of bygone eras, Amtrak Train 50 (Cardinal) makes the station stop at Clifton Forge, Virginia on October 19, 2022 with AMTK 184 (P42DC, Phase IV) leadin... (more)

February flowers? The recent winter warmth has brought out flowers much earlier than usual here just outside of Washington, DC. One of Amtrak's Norfolk-bound regionals rolls past Long Bridge Park ... (more)

Amtrak 203 "See Tracks Think Train" idles in the station at Roanoke, VA. There was a snowstorm on the way as evident by the flurries

Amtrak 80 approaches RO near dusk with a train from Charlotte.

Amtrak #2 leads 94 across Bridge 5 in downtown Norfolk over the Elizabeth River. The train has just departed the station in Norfolk for it's 13 hour run to Boston's South Station.

Auto Train heads over the well photographed trestle not far from the train's origin point.

Amtrak train 171 is stopped and detraining passengers at its termination point of Roanoke, VA in light rain. The lead locomotive is Amtrak P-42DC 145, which wears the Phase III scheme.

Amtrak Northeast Regional train 96 glides north through Doswell, Virginia, along the former Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac mainline, crossing the former Chesapeake & Ohio main at HN Cabin. Th... (more)

Amtrak's "Pepsi Can" P42 leads the northbound Carolinian through Emporia, Virginia.