Actually I think it was the previous year when we hung out here, photographing trains, enjoying a little campfire, roasting hot dogs and viewing the magnificent autumn leafage. it was glorious! ... (more)

Amtrak #41 leads the southwest chief through the Gallinas Crossover as it runs the canyons between Trinidad, Colorado and Raton, New Mexico.

Vaughn Mix: NS 7610 leads mixed freight NS 11Z southbound through the N&W CPLs in Vaughn, Virginia, as the train makes a final push toward Shenandoah Yard.

The Southwest Chief runs north through the cantilever signals at Gallinas, Colorado.

Central of Georgia heritage leads NS coal train #812 (Quincy,WV - Lamberts Point,VA) past the Virginian Railway searchlight bracket at 'Lincoln'.

Norfolk Southern train U86 with Ittman loads passes the Virginian Railway signal bridge at 'Simon' on NS's Guyandotte River District.

The Southwest Chief runs under a cantilever signal at Gallinas, Colorado.

Well worn CSX Dash 8 7764 leads empty coal train E900 as it catches a patch of sunshine, passing by the C&O signals at the SE Ranger control point in Ranger, West Virginia. This interlocking inclu... (more)

Empties for Consol pass the CPL protecting 'Vansant'

With a heavy presence of smoke in the air from Canadian wild fires, southbound train M561 passes some of the B&O Color Position Signals in Deshler on it's way to Cincinnati.

Freeport Freeway. After picking up CN 2310 and 2335 at Munger, CN train M337 gets back underway as they struggle getting back up to trackspeed with a long train for Waterloo. IC SD70s 1026 ... (more)

Following the Southern. What once was SOU W44 and is now BLU W44 departs Asheville Yard through Biltmore, passing below a remnant SOU signal bridge as it heads onto the W line to proceed t... (more)

N&W Squared: NS 8103, the N&W unit, sits in the siding at CP Arcadia, located about 30 miles north of Roanoke, as it waits for northbound train NS 12Z to roll through. Of note, the N&W is on its ... (more)

The Southern heritage unit leads manifest NS 12Z north on the Roanoke district by one of the surviving CPL’s along the line. NS is in the process of slowly replacing these.

With the shiny Southern heritage unit in the lead, NS 12Z passes by the CPL in Cloverdale Va on the Roanoke district.