Coal loads head east through the scenic James River valley, seen here about to pass under the Blue Ridge Parkway.
NS 955 rolls through the open country-side of Virginia, as it returns to Altoona, after going to the Masters in Georgia.
N&W SD45 1747 trails 3 Geeps with a coal train. This photo was taken by my father, I am on the left.
NS 214 with a trio of weathered GE's, leads a train north through Rapidan, Va.
NS 11R with a quartet of six axles, leads a train south through Rapidan, Va.
Where I come from, "No Fishing" means "No Fishing!" Apparently in the state park it means something else.
An archive photo by an unknown photographer of a large, handsome Southern 4-6-2. I am guessing that it might be taken in VA.
A northbound CSX train crosses the Neabsco Creek trestle along the former RF&P.
A northbound VRE hustles across the Neabsco Creek trestle headed for Washington D.C. Union Station. The creek empties into the Potomac River at this location along the former RF&P.
I'm guessing it gets pretty hot in the cab of a high hood RS11 in July!
F774 makes its return to Rocky Mount today with just 45 cars from the NCVA in tow.
The crew of a southbound CSX reroute train ties down the consist at Front Royal, Va. The train is being rerouted over the N&W to Glasgow, Va. on account of a bridge out in Anacostia in Washington... (more)
NS 37Q climbs uphill into the small hamlet of Bentonville, Va. on the Shenandoah line.
NS 228 crosses over the Shenandoah River and into Riverton Jct., Va.