On a stunningly beautiful Autumn afternoon, hill-run job No. U85 struggles upgrade across massive Garwood Trestle along the former Virginian Railway east of Mullens, W.Va. The scenery in this terr... (more)

Nearing the end of the crew run from Bluefield to Roanoke, a clean BNSF Warbonnet leads a heavy 272 downhill through the hamlet of Shawsville, Va., at sunset on a chilly Autumn evening along the C... (more)

Catching a small patch of sunlight, NS's Lackawanna heritage unit leads hotshot No. 217, as the train snakes into the yard at Bluefield,W.Va., with the freshly washed unit proudly displaying its s... (more)

Samuel Phillips October 7 · Edited In gorgeous afternoon light and colors well on their way to peak, No. 1074 leads westbound 65T through a nice scene situated between Gallitzin and Cresson, ... (more)

Just before sunrise, train No. 17G permeates the misty mountain valley west of Altoona, Pa., as it climbs upgrade, lugging its heavy train toward the summit just ahead at Gallitzin, as beautiful f... (more)

Rolling westbound with short double-stack train in tow, the Virginian heritage unit leads No. 22A through the pastoral fields of Midway, Tn., in the late afternoon as it treks across the Knoxville... (more)

Shoving east in dramatic late evening lighting, Interstate No. 8105 roars the hollows surrounding Elkhorn, W.Va., on a balmy, but quiet Sunday afternoon along NS's busy Pocahontas mainline.

In an absolutely gorgeous setting, No. 820 drops downgrade through Kumis, Va., with a heavy coal drag bound for the ports at Norfolk, as the whine of dynamics disrupt the tranquility of the scene.... (more)

Glistening in morning light, No. 188 charges into the hamlet of Salem, Va., behind a pair of brand-new ES44AC's leading the heavy manifest train toward Roanoke with a monster 10-locomotive consist... (more)

A duo of sparkling-clean ES44AC's, delivered to Norfolk Southern within the last week, glisten in morning sun, as they lead manifest train No. 188 down the 1.5-percent decent in Shawsville, Va., o... (more)

Early morning haze and mist lies in the surrounding valley, as hill-run job No. U86 crawls across the massive, but beautiful, viaduct spanning the old mining town of Covel, W.Va., with three GE's ... (more)

On a balmy afternoon along the former Clinchfield Railroad near Elkhorn City, KY., finds this heavy southbound CSX coal drag crawling up a stiff 1.5-pecent ascent from Elkhorn City to Towers, befo... (more)

After departing the yard at Bristol, the engineer on hot westbound double-stack train No. 22A, notches out the throttle in rural Tennessee, while preparing for a short uphill climb to the Holston ... (more)

In golden afternoon lighting, No. U92 claws uphill across one of many impressive viaducts on the ex-Virginian Railway at Sweeneyburg, W.Va., with 100 loads en-route to Mullens and eventually Roano... (more)

It's a starry night on the busy ex-N&W Pocahontas mainline as helpers sit patiently at Maybeury, W.Va., as a eastbound permeates the nighttime air while silhouetting the signals and foreground loc... (more)