A westbound hopper rolls past a John Deere tractor in Shawsville, VA after a day of cutting hay. The clouds were scattered to broken which gave the mountains a surreal blue look to them while the... (more)

Strange Train: NS J46 rushes eastbound over the Welch trestle as it heads towards Bluefield. Normally, the J symboled trains consist of two to three unit helper sets that shove heavy trains east ... (more)

Metra 134 shoves a train towards Chicago as it pulls out of Lake Forest. The unit has a fresh paint job due to being rebuilt recently. The conductor told us that he thought that this was the uni... (more)

NS 51V sits quietly in the Bluefield yard awaiting a crew to bring it west. The train came into the yard with a C6M leader, but it was cut off when it arrived in the yard. Before the train left ... (more)

NS 51V thunders up the grade at Shawsville with a brand new C6M in the lead. A BC Rail trails second. Not many of these venture out to this part of the US so it was a nice treat which was pleasa... (more)

A heavy thunderstorm unleashes its fury upon this eastbound double stack train as it races east towards Roanoke.

A double stack train drops downgrade at Friendship Road in a heavy thunderstorm. A relatively new and shiny AC44C6M leads the train as it heads towards a crew swap in Roanoke.

The Milwaukee Road Heritage Unit shoves a deadhead train from the yard towards Union Station for an afternoon of service on the Milwaukee West District. Here, the train is passing the Western Ave... (more)

A double stack train snakes it’s way past some old N&W cast iron whistle posts that have escaped replacement.

The DPUs of a loaded coal train whine downgrade past a field of purple wildflowers. The train was a monster, featuring two engines up front, three in the middle, and these two on the rear.

A Canadian visitor navigates around the S curves in Shawsville, VA as it leads empty ethanol 65W back towards Chicagoland.

The Erie heritage unit pops out of the Pembroke tunnel as it roars towards Bluefield with an empty grain train.

NS 51Z howls past Shawsville in notch 8 after stopping briefly to inspect one of the grain hoppers.

After a crew swap, NS 811 eases through the Bluefield, WV yard as it makes its way towards the coalfields. The Norfolk and Western heritage unit is on home rails, and looks great in the yard that... (more)

NS 12Z breaks the silence in the lower Shenandoah valley as it clears CP Lithia with the still clean looking Southern Heritage unit making an appearance. The switch is still guarded by the old N&... (more)