Bringing up the rear of the deadhead move of the Santa Train, CSX's F40's roll past what is likely the most photographed church in all of Virginia in the quaint Appalachian town of Dante.

Late on a silent night in rural Georgia, a line of former N&W GP9's sit on the Great Walton's Social Circle branch just south of Monroe. After their time of hauling freight across the Appalachian... (more)

A soft, gentle rain falls on the mountains of deep, rural North Carolina as Q696 follows the former Clinchfield southward through a beautiful autumn scene at Relief.

With fall foliage painting the mountains of the Clinchfield vibrant colors, Q696 heads south through Unicoi splitting the Clinchfield era intermediates that continue to protect a couple trains a d... (more)

In fading evening light, an eastbound manifest creeps past the N&W CPL's at Plum Creek before shoving back into Radford Yard where it would sort cars for the next half hour or so.

Along the banks of the New River, hues of yellow light up the foliage as autumn settles in the New River Valley. A westbound stack train rounds the bend Plum Creek, passing the classic N&W CPL th... (more)

An eastbound creeps passed the CPL's at Plum Creek as it pulls down to get head room while working Radford Yard on a very chilly autumn night in southwestern Virginia.

Racing eastward through Ohio's vast bean fields, a CN barn leads NS 52M across the former NKP Railroad just west of Arcadia.

After having some break piping issues south of Atlanta, the F's return northward behind a straight SD60 on a hot, muggy fall afternoon.

An SD40-2 leads a mixed freight down the Columbus Subdivision, passing through the old C&O signal bridge at Cabin SA in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. A shiny cantilever with sideways turned heads was stan... (more)

Fifteen or so minutes elapse during this exposure as clouds pass by in front of the moon and the Southern Railway signals at Bessemer City change from approach to clear to guide a southbound down ... (more)

The Clinchfield signals at Elkhorn City shine their colors into the night as the Milky Way twinkles dimly overhead.

A northbound manifest knocks down the CRR signals at NE Toe River has it heads north through the Blue Ridge Mountains, following the North Toe River through the Appalachian gorges of Western North... (more)

The N-2 style dwarf signal at NE Toe River, dating back to the days of the Clinchfield Railroad, shines down the former CRR mainline as a nearly full moon illuminates the Blue Ridge Mountains.

A beam of light exits the Altapass Tunnel, backlighting the classic Clinchfield signal, as an empty coal train heads southward, screaming through tight confines as it negotiates the Black Mountain... (more)