Heading north

"Big Game Train" unit on the northbound Lynchburg Northeast Regional

Multiple doses of heritage equipment as the Northeast Regional from Lynchburg heads north

Replacement of the former Southern Railway signals is coming

Running as NS R14; coincidentally, it's 14 degrees (F)

Heading for Manassas and points north, crossing U.S. 29

Amtrak 512 in charge of the Lynchburg Regional, train 176, northbound crossing the James River. Line opened for traffic March 1, 1911.

The northbound Regional from Lynchburg arriving at Manassas on a pretty fall morning

Amtrak Northeast Regional

The Amtrak Northeast Regional passes under the Southern Railway signal bridge.

The Amtrak Northeast Regional passes under the Southern Railroad signals, crossing the diamond over the Buckingham Branch Railroad, arriving at Charlottesville.

Amtrak Northeast Regional Service (Lynchburg, VA - Boston, MA) makes it's daily morning stop at Charlottesville.

Conductor on Amtrak NEC Regional 176 with Amtrak Phase II unit #66 wipes his brow before boarding another large crowd. The train's ridership has surpassed all expectations. The train originates ... (more)

Amtrak's Phase 1 ("Bloody Nose") heritage unit heads up the regional from Lynchburg

Phase I heritage unit, #156, takes the Lynchburg Regional train across the James River. As an historical note, freight service over this trestle, part of the Southern Railway's Lynchburg cut-off ... (more)