The NS 51R crosses the Mayo River heading north to Roanoke, Va.
Storm clouds above make this a nice shot.
Westbound grain train (with a 10 car cut of coal for Wheelersburg on the head end) 51R passes Nelson Brothers at Goodman, WV, with a Citirail ES44AC leading.
51R blows through Port Clinton on its way west.
Right time, right direction, no eastbound changing crews to block it, bright sun on a partly sunny day - sometimes it just all comes together!
The NS 9859 leads the 51R north just below the Virginia line.
The Reading heritage unit awaits it's next assignments after having come in on a 51R grain train a couple days prior. The old Conrail caboose in the back is still used by the locals that work the ... (more)
An unusual power combo and consist. 51R is usually a grain train but today it had coal emptys on the front. The standard cab is common power for grain trains but this one had the Reading Heritage ... (more)
An empty grain train curves through the temporary shoe fly on main one where a small bridge is being replaced while MOW crews continue the work in miserable weather.
With a classy looking Whiteface unit leading, eastbound grain loads cross the IORY diamond in Leipsic on a gorgeous late spring morning.
An empty grain train heads west as it enters the double track on the old N&W at Pearisburg.
A late day empty grain train passes thru Oakvale on the ex-N&W with the old Virginian trestle visible in the background.
A huge suprise. Train 51R with a Conrail leader. It wasn't what i expected. Very happy to catch what might be the last Conrail painted unit i'll see. Train before this was the first section of... (more)
Early morning sun glints off the code line and a westbound grain train between McComb and Shawtown on the former Nickel Plate.
51R passes M7M at Iaeger
