CSXT 3194 leads a westbound at Alpine on the ex-C&O James River Sub.

Empty coke train B407 accelerates from a meet at Alpine with CSX's Law Enforcement locomotive leading.

NS 15T heads South at Natural Bridge crossing over the James River and CSX.

Coal loads for South Carolina head East at Alpine.

NS 51X makes its way through Shawsville, VA at dusk. An old logo Dash 9 leads while a brand new AC44C6M trails second.

N&W 611 rounds the famed curve at Swoope on a cool fall morning.

Norfolk Southern U44 rolls east through Blackwood, Virginia with a train of covered hoppers pulled by a single locomotive running long hood forward.

PNLX 7471 and 7436 at Shenandoah Valley Railroad shop.

The first Shenandoah Valley Limited excursion of the day departs Goshen on a frigid morning.

11Z passes the endangered N&W CPLs at Kinsey on the south end of the Roanoke District.

A YN2 AC44 is shoving on the rear of a coal train for Terrell, NC, reflecting in the water at Splash Dam on the old CRR.

Norfolk and Western J Class 611 is photographed near Goshen, VA pulling the Shenandoah Valley Limited between Goshen and Staunton, VA. The Virginia Museum of Transportation, in conjunction with th... (more)

Southbound mixed freight M653 clings to the rocks on the side of the mountain at Speers Ferry after exiting the tunnel.

Fall colors light up the mountain as southbound slop freight M653 negotiates the former Clinchfield railroad through Southwest Virginia.

A coal drag for the Carolinas snakes beneath a mountain backdrop turned ablaze by fall colors. Clinchfield signals still guard the control point here at Allen.