The Virginian heritage unit leads Q7A Westbound through Matewan on a gloomy March afternoon.

Railfanning on my birthday led to a nice visit as the Virginian made an appearance on the SEPTA line on its way to Morrisville, PA. Photo by Shawn A Leightcap

Not everyday you see a Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit on a shortline. The Virginian Heritage unit mingles with Genesee & Wyoming power after bringing down a unit coal train. The orange and black... (more)

The Virginian Heritage is tied down in the siding at Fenton waiting for a new crew to take it to Galesburg.

The Virginian Heritage unit leads Baltimore bound export coal train 650 under the old PRR catenary on the Old Line at Enola Yard. Entering G track, the train will tie down and await darkness befor... (more)

After loading at Quincy, the Virginian heritage SD70ACe sits tied down in the yard at Alloy on the head end of 100 loads of coal for Roanoke. In a few short hours, the train will be ascending the ... (more)

The Virginian comes home! After pushing 175 loaded coal cars to Oakvale, the Virginian heritage unit returns west towards Elmore and passes the beautifully restored Princeton, WVA station and cab... (more)

After ascending Clark's Gap with six motors and 100 loads, light engines return west to Elmore, passing the Virginian searchlight signals at Herndon with NS' Virginian Railway heritage SD70ACe bri... (more)

An almost step back in time... Norfolk Southern's Virginian Railway SD70ACe is framed by the former Virginian electric catenary at Alpoca as a set of motors return light to the Virginian ya... (more)

U14 has just left the main at Sprigg and creeps along up the Alma Branch, between WV Route 49 and the Tug Valley Country Club Golf Course. This light movement, with a C40-8W and NS 1069, the Virgi... (more)

Catch of the day….Didnt expect to get it. Saw that it passed MP 76 at 10 in the morning, rolled over and slept till after noon, expected it to be gone, but I guess I got lucky. NS 1069 is on K-0... (more)

The Virginian heritage unit leads a Philadelphia bound oil train with 109 cars (107 tank cars and 2 spacers) down the Selkirk Branch at 9:00am.

Its a quiet frosty morning in the small town of Voorheesville as the previous night was not so hot with CSX as they had many trains on the mohawk sub outlawed and broken down causing chaos. The Re... (more)

NS 1069 the Virginian Heritage Unit leads the K038 through C.P.-V.O. over the Main St. grade crossing on its journey to Selkirk.

NS 1069 the Virginian Heritage Unit leads the K038. Here, it's advancing to the east end of the yard where it would sit through the night and have a morning trip down the CSX River Line.