13Z passes by the Augusta Forestry Center near Crimora, VA as the sun begins to set.

Buckingham Branch 7 leads the Charlottesville job eastbound out of Staunton with a long train.

Z621 drops off a CSX SD70MAC in Brand siding.

It’s a freezing cold Christmas evening, and everything is quiet at Shenandoah yard as 14Z sits tied down on the mainline with an unusual CSX leader, waiting on the railroad to come back to life ... (more)

TVRM 710 enters the turntable at east Chattanooga to turn the locomotive around for the trip back to Grand Junction.

After completing their switching at the VPGC feed mill in Broadway, NS V94 heads back south to Harrisonburg with an unusually long train of about 25 grain hoppers.

NS train V93 sitting next to the abandoned B&O depot in Pleasant Valley while the brakeman lines them into a spur to do some switching.

The A&O Grafton turn departs the trans load in Buckhannon.

DGVR 6512 idles on the house track while PNLX 7471 sits next to it.

PNLX 7436 staged in the SVRR yard in Staunton for a night photo session. Photo taken with permission.

The rear DPU on NS train 12Z at control point Island Ford. The train is tied down and awaiting a recrew to take it into Shenandoah yard.

The sound of GE’s in notch 8 echoes through the corn fields just west of Elkton, VA. 50K is down on its knees at 5 miles an hour making the assault on Johnson’s Hill, the steepest grade on the... (more)

TVRM 80 leads a deadheading passenger train into the yard in East Chattanooga while the Missionary Ridge local prepares to head back to Grand Junction.

A&O’s QD job departs Buckhannon and heads east to Grafton lite power, passing the B&O intermediate signals on the northeast side of town. The signal is lit up, but the harsh evening sun makes it... (more)

NS train 201 soars above Grove Hill as they drift downgrade into Shenandoah yard, slowing down for a crew change.