Memorial Day morning finds the N&W 611 heading east through Riverside with the return trip to Roanoke.

Having followed the southbound side of Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport job earlier in the day, I figured my exposure to it was done for the day with an afternoon birthday party planned for when... (more)

This is what it’s all about! My boys and I had the opportunity to see N&W 611 under steam as it made round trips from Roanoke to Lynchburg and Walton Virginia. This was the first time they had e... (more)

A mother and son watch VIA's Bras d'Or as it passes through their backyard on a warm July day. The Bras d'Or was sadly a short-lived train that operated between Halifax and Sydney, N... (more)

In August of 1956 famed railroad photographer O. Winston Link captured a scene at this very spot at night using his lighting set up as kids played in Hawksbill Creek as a Norfolk and Western train... (more)

When I became a locomotive engineer in 2002, the last test was a check ride aboard Soo 6063, CP's SD60 simulator. It was nerve-racking; you had to set and release the air multiple times in order ... (more)

CZ / 194 Polecnice - Nova Pec

Southern Railway 6133 gets a young onlooker enjoying every bit out of seeing a train!

NW 611 steams through Goodview, Virginia, on a ferry run to Spencer from Roanoke. As Graham Claytor said, "It is a good thing to let another generation know what a steam locomotive is".

Priceless moments on the railroad... My younger siblings came out and surprised me with a visit while at work. Photo by Sequoya Davis.

Our five year old daughter Kira watches intently as CRC/NKP 901 shoves an LM&M Fall Flyer excursion back towards Lebanon after a run to Hageman Junction on an absolutely beautiful and unseasonably... (more)

A new generation of railfan is born.

A family vacation of good balance. My wife likes to fish, and I like to watch trains. Our oldest boy likes everything, so we spent a nice Saturday afternoon enjoying the Mississippi River around D... (more)