Empty Herzog ballast train NS 91Z heads east through Elliston, VA with 1066 in the lead.

Morning light shines down on the New York Central heritage unit as it leads empty ballast train NS 91Z east through Shawsville.

The trinity of what became the Chessie System sits idle in the SVRR (Shenandoah Valley Railroad) yard on a comfortable summer night in Staunton, Va. To left you have the DGVR 6512 in B&O sitting i... (more)

DGVR 5940 sits in the DGVR yard in Staunton awaiting orders as the sun sets.

DGVR 6512 idles on the house track while PNLX 7471 sits next to it.

Loaded phosphate train 60U struggles up the Christiansburg grade with an SD70M-2 leading. This is the only loaded unit train that travels west up the Christiansburg, all others (coal, ethanol, gr... (more)

A westbound intermodal pops out of Montgomery tunnel with an ACC leader.

A westbound hopper rolls past a John Deere tractor in Shawsville, VA after a day of cutting hay. The clouds were scattered to broken which gave the mountains a surreal blue look to them while the... (more)

A repowered Alco S2m sits amongst the weeds and trees at the end of the spur track at the Wellmore Coal Corporation's loadout in Big Rock, Virginia along Norfolk Southern's Levisa Branch. Repowere... (more)

A single DC GEVO leads autorack train NS 11E west through Shawsville, VA.

A BNSF in H2 paint leads NS 279 west through Shawsville.

All three railroads that were consolidated into Chessie System being represented by separate locomotives in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard. While 6512 and 5940 are owned by DGVR which operate... (more)

NS 13Z heads west through Wabun, VA with a BNSF leader.

Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 number 2175 leads a westbound 76 car freight near Elliston Virginia in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1201 leads 80 cars westward through Roanoke Virginia in 1936. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.