A loaded coal train wraps around the reverse s-curve at the Keystone Viaduct just a few miles prior to reaching the summit of the Sand Patch grade.

Two former Conrail motors lead a manifest north on the Keystone Sub on a beautiful summer evening. Of note is the lead unit's history, as it started service as EMDX 4, an SD60 demonstrator unit.

Smoke from Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's 1916 Baldwin 2-8-0 blankets the historic Cumberland depot and riverfront as the excursion unloads and prepares to head back to Ridgely, West Virginia ... (more)

An empty hopper train idles in front of the old Thurmond depot and semaphore while waiting for a work train to clear up. The train was stopped a few miles back after a defect detector caught the l... (more)

A coal train splits the once bustling railroad town of Thurmond, now a popular tourist attraction in the heart of the New River Gorge. The old C&O cantilever, coaling tower, and abandoned downtown... (more)

A Kansas City to Winston-Salem autorack wraps around downtown Matewan as the evening's storms part to give way to a beautiful Appalachian sunset.

A freak monsoon-like storm drenches a coal train as they make their way westbound near Matewan.

A renumbered B32-8 and GP38-2 slowly round a curve into rural Dry Branch, VA with a short consist including a former N&W C30-class caboose and two covered hoppers.

Research train 904 speeds down the Christiansburg District with a SD40E pulling "The Brick" and a geometry car as they pass the unique N&W crossing on a gloomy morning.

Enola, PA to Knoxville, TN manifest 37Q passes Pulaski's historic 1888 stone depot as they make a late afternoon run towards down the old Norfolk and Western.

Local T27 disrupts the early morning silence in rural Strawberry Plains as they dart over the Holston River bridge. A lone ex-N&W SD40-2 serves as the power on the local out of Newport, Tennessee.

A former Southern Railway high hood GP38-2 leads local T59 towards Knoxville on a crisp summer morning in eastern Tennessee.

A couple miles south of Stearns, the excursion passes through the community of Revilo as the 2-8-0 stretches its legs, keeping the train at a steady 40 miles per hour.

After a crew change in Burnside, the New Royal Palm continues towards Onieda as they pass through one of the many cuts made in the 1960's by the Southern Railway as part of the realignment ... (more)

Former Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 may be 110 years old, but the consolidation shows no sign of its age, sprinting at a brisk 40 miles per hour down the 2nd District as it leads the southbound exc... (more)