With NS President Wick Moorman at the controls, Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611, is seen westbound across the Big Otter River Trestle on the NS Blue Ridge District. The train was clean burni... (more)

The J crosses over the Roanoke River on the Southern's Piedmont Division mainline as it leads its first excursion of the millennium to Roanoke. Before getting off of this bridge, the train will cr... (more)

Railfans greet the N&W Class J 611 on her return voyage to Roanoke.

Norfolk Southern train 957-30, the maiden voyage of the Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611, is seen high-stepping over the Roanoke River on a gorgeous afternoon for a steam chase. While the pho... (more)

N&W J 611 crosses the Wolf Creek in Narrows, VA.

Norfolk Southern's experminental battery-powered unit, BP4 #999, crosses the Roanoke River as it works to switch cars at the Roadway Material Yard in Roanoke, Virginia. Photo by Casey Thomason. ... (more)

The southbound Silver Star en route to Miami passes over scenic Neabsco Creek.

The 611 crosses the Virginian bridge at Narrows, VA.

On a picture-perfect afternoon, two classic engines lead a southbound rail train out of Speers Ferry, VA over Copper Creek on the 187 foot tall Clinchfield Viaduct. The Southern viaduct over the c... (more)

Seen transitioning from ground level to the elevated mainline over Shockoe Bottom in Richmond, Amtrak train P065 is seen with the 'Honoring Our Veterans' unit leading the way. In the parking lot b... (more)

"Carolinian" heading south, from the "other" (east) side of Neabsco

On a cool fall morning, the Rappahannock River is at high tide, and remains motionless as Q036 rumbles across the bridge, disturbing the otherwise still morning air.

A southbound trailer train crosses the bridge over Quantico Creek.

Crossing U.S. Highway 23, CSX helpers shove hard on a coal train at Speers Ferry, Virginia, on May 12, 2014.

Crossing a small wood trestle, a 105-car Norfolk Southern coal train slowly loads at Alpha Natural Resources' mine at Wentz, VA, on the former Interstate Stonega Branch.