Chessie Steam special glides past Richmond's Main Street station on a trip between Newport News and Richmond on the Peninsula Subdivision

Amtrak's River Road station in Cincinnati. Taken a few days before the Cardinal's short-lived discontinuance in October 1981

Williamson passenger station, trackside view, soon after the train shed was removed.

Southbound Southern Ry. steam excursion with Royal Hudson 2839 in charge leaves Lynchburg.

Open observation car "Lookout Mountain" brings up the rear of an excursion train being powered by the Royal Hudson. Judging from that NC state flag, I am guessing the train is headed back to Gree... (more)

"HEY! Close the door, will ya?" Despite that minor flaw, one of Southern's for-show FP's, #6141, still looks nice. A number of RR people look on. The third one over, the white-moustached fellow... (more)

CSXT coal train on the viaduct. Canal drained. Tug being scrapped.

With about a month left to go before the end, Amtrak's eastbound Hilltopper gets fueled and watered at the Amtrak station on Shenandoah Ave.

NW's two tuscan red units are doing what they were painted to do... haul office cars trains. Seen here westbound just west of Nolan, WV where US 52 and US 119 intersect.

A sign of things to come? NW/SR office car train westbound at Kenova, WV, about to cross the Ohio River. Unfortunately, motive power troubles with the FP-7's necessitated addition of GP35 on hea... (more)

Amtrak's premiere train at the time, The Hilltopper, gets detoured over NW's Dry Fork Branch this day, operating Iaeger to Cedar Bluff to Bluefield. Train goes aerial for a few moments over the T... (more)

Alco C-420 413 and sister Alcos dead-in-tow head west out of Williamson for the last time probably.

NW office car train with tuscan red C30-7 #8010 has arrived in Williamson.

NW office car train with tuscan red C30-7 #8010 on the head end and theater car ("Altavista" #800, perhaps?) eastbound on the Scioto Div. a few minutes away from arrival into Williamson. FWIW, th... (more)

NW office car train with tuscan red C30-7 #8010 eastbound on the Scioto Div. a few minutes away from arrival into Williamson.