The old Lynchburg & Durham line would appear to most passers by to be a little used branch line, but it actually sees several unit coal trains every day between the ex-Virginian at Brookneal, VA a... (more)

NS GP59 4624 leads an eastbound track geometry train by Georgetown.

THE "GREEN LADY" HAS ARRIVED...for the party!!! NS 4610 sits under a watchful moon as a Pre-Celebration of the Grand Opening of the newly restored Aiken Railroad Depot wraps up. Norfolk Sou... (more)

Really nice GP 59, parked just south of Richmond, in an Industrial park.

NS 4611 leads westbound empty coal train 71J back for a refill on a beautiful late October day.

A new visitor to the Nitro Yard, an EMD GP59 spends August 1st tied down on the Nitro Pit awaiting a full week of switching in the Nitro Yard.

The rear unit of an empty "Dump Train" (J03), in route to Westmoreland's Holton Complex located on the ex-Southern, has just cleared the crossing in lower Stonega on ex-Interstate Railroad rails. ... (more)

Rair to catch a daytime switch job at Rock Tenn. Usually NS is here at 2 or 3 AM.

Stop, Look, Listen. Sometimes this works both ways. Crew of B-57 checks for traffic before crossing as they switch the Rock Tenn paper mill.

The Jackson to Battle Creek run has been powered by this sharp Operation Life Saver duo for the past week or so. The pair sits in Hinman yard after the day shift run from Jackson. Night shift will... (more)

NS 4611 leads empty coal train 71J west through southern Indiana for a refill.

Norfolk Southern Train P22P005 with Engine #4622 and two coupled rail cars was struck head-on by NS Freight Train 192P005 on the tracks leading to the Avondale's Stevens Steam Plant on January 6, ... (more)

The 4610 leads a really unusual consist with two rental units and a former Conrail GE on coal drag 83A at Falls Mills, VA, where they are switching from the EB main to the WB main. Most of the sm... (more)

Long before the internet and cell phones sometimes we relied on plain dumb luck as it was in this case.It was a Friday the 13th and I was visiting family in Atlanta.Two hours before I made this sh... (more)

Stranger in a strange land. On National Train Day 2010, the night photo session hosted by the O. Winston Link Museum featured N&W 611, which was built in town and still resides there, and N... (more)