Norfolk Southern SD70ACe #1101 speeds east at CP Glen Lyn on the late afternoon of February 20, 2021 as a westbound manifest freight occupies the southside main. This piece of railroad was orig... (more)

NS 743 passes by the no longer in service AEP Glen Lyn power plant with a heritage unit duo.

NS 19M passes west by the now shut down AEP power plant in Glen Lyn, Va with the original NS heritage unit leading.

The Southern heritage unit rounds the curve at Glen Lyn, Va as it leads NS 763 westbound into West Virginia.

SD70ACC 1821 pulls NS 29G west through a curve in Glen Lyn, Va. The West Virginia state line is just about half a mile ahead.

The clouds have started to overtake the hills as NS 6708 continues its journey.

Former N&W SD40-2, 6083, leads an eastbound coal train along the New River at Glen Lyn, VA. In the background is the Glen Lyn Power Plant. Also visible are several of the bridge piers that carried... (more)

Drifting downgrade with coal cars and about to round the big curve to pick up the gentle grade of the New River for the eastbound run to Roanoke. Was it really almost thirty years ago.

Eastbound 780 passes by the now closed AEP power plant at Glen Lyn with NS 8114, the original Norfolk Southern heritage unit, leading 100 PGNX loads.

Norfolk Southern's research locomotive # 34 is tied down on the old Virginian mainline at PD Junction. This locomotive was built from an SD 35 # 1530 and contains equipment for testing track. It... (more)

An eastbound Norfolk Southern ethanol train with Canadian Pacific power climbs up the steep grade on the old Norfolk & Western main line.

Bluefield-Radford Local speeds through Glen Lyn

On a frigid morning, the engineer on eastbound manifest No. 188, begins notching out the throttle as it clears a 10 MPH slow order(in effect due to a bridge replacement project) within the quaint ... (more)

The Conrail heritage unit leads empty hopper train 825 into Glen Lyn, enroute to Bluefield and beyond for another load of coal. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)

N&W 8103 charges along the New River in Glen Lyn, VA on a rainy summer afternoon with 100 loads for South Boston in tow. 1/6th pacing shot