Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal, on its way from Chicago to New York, heads down ex-C&O trackage through the Allegheney Mountains as it prepares to call its next station in Staunton.

Last Tuesday's CSX 970 West brings a long string of empties past Hebron Presbyterian Church, which has headstones from the 1700s. The headstone in the foreground belongs to Nancy Bell, Born Octob... (more)

Sunlight filters in through the skylights at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and down onto Conrail GP30 2233, PRR GP9 7006, and PRR E7 5901.

On a sunny and clear National Train Day 2015, the rest of the train is still pulling out of the yard as 1036 clears the crossing by milepost 6.7 leading NS 746 southbound towards Belews Creek, NC

As day begins to break and the fog starts to settle, a pair of SD70ACes works its way towards the fuel racks after a long night of pushing eastbounds over the former N&W "Pokey" line.

815 emerges out of Montgomery Tunnel as it makes its way west towards Toms Creek with the Nickel Plate Road heritage unit in charge

The SVRR local starts its trip back south after picking up one car and dropping off one car for NS.

Back when foreign power was more common and some really interesting lashups could make their way through, Union Pacific's Chicago & Northwestern heritage unit leads a CN GE and a NS D9-44CW as it ... (more)

NS 4314 leads westbound manifest train NS 11V around a snowy Horseshoe Curve as it struggles upgrade towards the summit in Gallitzin

After working Houff industries and picking up four cars to bring back to Staunton, B&O 6512 brings the SV local southbound past Fort Defiance.

I ended up chasing NS 19M from Roanoke, VA all the way out to the trestle at Coopers with the guidance of Michael Walton and Daniel Alls. This train had one of the friendliest crews I have ever e... (more)

The leaves are starting to change as a very late NS 202 makes its way north through Arcadia on a very chilly fall morning.

After returning from Pleasant Valley with one load from NS, the SVRR local goes into the siding in Weyers Cave to run around to the front of its train and continue south to Staunton

Seen here riding parallel to I-81 in Wytheville, NS 1074 continues to put on a smoke show reminiscent of an A Class hustling freight south towards Bristol. This was the last stop for Joseph Hunnel... (more)

On a hot and extremely humid June afternoon, northbound manifest 16T crosses the James River and ex-C&O line (now CSX's James River Sub) as it makes its way north through Virginia's Shenandoah Val... (more)