Oh the diesel history captured in this photo! They served well for many years but for most of them time has run out. This was just some of the units stored in the former Virginian Railway yard in... (more)

1218 sails across the trestle at Altavista on her way north to Lynchburg.

1218 is eastbound at Pearisburg, VA in route from Bluefield to Roanoke with a coal train.

Put'em to work, paint'em later...NS C44-9W, 9893, still in primer, is on the head end of an eastbound loaded coal train stopped at Elkhorn, WV. A crew member is on the ground checking out the pass... (more)

Ten months after the devastating flood that brought destruction to the Roanoke Transportation Museum, C&O H-8 Allegheny, 1604 is sitting at the Roanoke East End Shops where she has been cleaned up... (more)

Devastating flood waters in November of 1985, brought destruction to the Roanoke Transportation Museum, then located in Wasena Park. The force of the water pushed C&O H-8 Allegheny, 1604 under the... (more)

Devastating flood waters in November of 1985, brought destruction to the Roanoke Transportation Museum, then located in Wasena Park. The force of the water pushed C&O H-8 Allegheny, 1604 under the... (more)

Lots of "stuff" to see in this photo. Three tunnel motors bring a freight through the yard lead by Cotton Belt SD40T-2 8334, followed by SP SD40T-2, 8278 and SP SD45T-2, 9288. Behind 928... (more)

It's early evening on a cold winter's day in Hinton, WV as former C&O GP40-2, 4386, takes a spin on the turntable.

A very clean 8561 leads a trio of Chessie power kicking up the snow as it hustles an eastbound freight through St. Albans, WV. 8561 was delivered new less than a year prior to this photo.

Former C&O 3862 leads an eastbound coal train out of Mann's Tunnel at Fort Spring, WV.

Could it be the Birmingham Special? No it's just the 1986 version of the NS excursion train before all the coaches were painted tuscan red. 611 is pulling into Crew, VA for a service stop on her ... (more)

A RARE FIND! While scouting photo locations for an up-coming excursion, I happened upon a gem! N&W GP9 514. One of the 22 "Red Bird" GP9's built in 1957-1958 to replace the Class J's on N&W passen... (more)

A trio of Southern GP50s lead by 7075, are crossing S. Elm Street and passing by the old Southern Railway office building.

Former N&W 8526 leads a string of empty hopper cars westbound out of Montgomery Tunnel.