Westbound on the former Chesapeake & Ohio main in downtown St. Albans, Canadian Pacific AC400 No. 9838 leads grain empties by the historic St. Albans Depot.
A trio of rebuilt SD40's idle under stormy skies at Apex, Nevada along UP's Caliente Subdivision. The EMD rebuilds are assigned to local industrial service along the railroad's Las Vegas to Salt L... (more)
After receiving a recrew in Williamson, westbound crude oil empties pass CP 'College', westbound on the NS Kenova District with a pair of new SD70ACe's. This was the second spotting of brand new E... (more)
Old meets new... Idling near CP 'Gate', eastbound NS No. 746, led by brand new NS SD70ACe No. 1148 meets westbound NS 233 in downtown Williamson... Notice the abandoned building in the back... (more)
Canadian Pacific GE AC4400 No. 9549 adds some color to an otherwise dreary scene, as grain loads for Virginia split the N&W CPL's at Chattaroy, west of Williamson on the N&W Kenova District.
Westbound NS No. 170, a former Rathole mixed freight passes the N&W CPL's at Grey Eagle, westbound on NS' Kenova District near Kermit, W.Va.
Overtaking Metra SW1500 No. 5, CP SD40-2 No. 5946 leads a manifest east under the Milwaukee Road signal bridge in Chicago's distinctive Franklin Park suburb, east on CP's Elgin Subdivision.
2014 was the uprising of crude-by-rail shipments In a coal dominant region, a trio of vibrant BNSF locomotives, including brand new ES44AC No. 8093 leads a westbound crude empty through dow... (more)
Preparing for its station stop in downtown, N.C. Department of Transportation F49PH No. 1169 reverses past the former Southern Railway cantilever signal before returning to Raleigh.
UP SD70M No. 4633 leads a loaded coal train past the cantilever signal at Lester Fork, westbound on NS's Buchanan Branch to Ought-One from Weller Yard.
Diverting onto the Dry Fork main from the Pocahontas District, NS SD40-2 No. 3284 leads a work train past the N&W CPL's at Ieager. Take a look at the N&W CPL dwarf protecting movements out of Auvi... (more)
Descending East River mountain, NS' Reading heritage SD70ACe leads NS 18M east on the former Norfolk & Western mainline to Roanoke.
Despite a heavy winter storm dumping several inches across NS' Bluefield Yard, railroading continues on the former Norfolk & Western mainline as NS SD70M No. 2643 leads an empty hopper train westb... (more)
On a bitterly cold afternoon, NS 9520 leads a container train along the NS Cleveland District, passing downtown Cleveland in the background.
In the first few minutes of Christmas Eve, recently repainted mother and slug No. 2250 idle at Huntington's 16th Street yard in downtown Huntington. Railroads have already curtailed local terminal... (more)
Framed by a palm tree, BNSF ES44C4 No. 6924 idles in Santa Fe's Needles Yard, waiting for a fresh crew before departing west for Barstow.
A pair of Norfolk Southern units lead a westbound rack train across the Mojave Desert near Arrowhead Junction, westbound on Santa Fe's Needles Subdivision to Barstow.
Crossing into California from Arizona, a westbound container train passes over the Colorado River via Santa Fe's iconic Topock Bridge.
Wintertime in the Mojave... On a sunny 60 degree morning east of Goffs, an eastbound baretable train meets a westbound rack train along Santa Fe's Needles Subdivision.
Amtrak's Chicago bound Cardinal No. 51 eases into downtown Huntington on a frigid December night. The tri-weekly New York to Chicago train will swap its Charlottesville crew for an Indianap... (more)
Amtrak's No. 51 Cardinal has just dropped off two private cars returning to Huntington from New York City. CSX's Huntington local, led by GP38-2 No. 2738 will soon deliver the two private c... (more)
After coming out of the pocket at DK Cabin, CSX GP38-2 No. 2738 idles on the C&O main before picking up two private cars dropped off by Amtrak's Chicago bound Cardina No. 51.
Amtrak's New York to Chicago Cardinal No. 51 has just dropped two private cars returning to Huntington from New York City. The private cars, owned by the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Histo... (more)
"You oughta charge those photographers", an exchange of communication occurs between the crew on NS 380 and Nitro's local crew as NS' Pennsylvania Railroad ES44AC No. 8102 adds some col... (more)
Norfolk Southern's heritage locomotives on the NS West Virginia Secondary are incredibly unusual, with today's Pennsylvania Railroad ES44AC serving as the second heritage locomotive that has trave... (more)
Southbound on NS' former New York Central West Virginia Secondary, NS' Pennsylvania Railroad ES44AC No. 8102 leads the daily Columbus to Dickinson manifest through the small community of Hometown.
Crossing over the impressive Copper Creek Viaduct, the 72nd running of the Clinchfield Santa Train passes through Clinchport, led by recently built SD40-3 No. 4047.
Conducting one of its largest gift stops along the 110-mile route, families gather around CSX's West Virginia business car as Santa and helpers distribute gifts to families in downtown St. Paul, V... (more)
Westbound on NS' Clinch Valley District alongside Wittens Mill Road, NS' Savannah & Atlanta heritage SD70ACe leads coal empties toward Richlands from Bluefield on the former Norfolk & Western main... (more)
Westbound through the interlocking at Sandcut, a high priority Z train splits the former Southern Pacific search signals on its westward trek across the Tehachapi Pass to Bakersfield from Barstow.... (more)
Passing under the World Famous New River Gorge Bridge, towering 876' over the New River, the 2012 Collis P. Huntington New River Train passes through Fayette Station, enroute to Hinton from... (more)
Destined for Andover Yard, NS's Savannah & Atlanta heritage SD70ACe No. 1065 leads coal empties NS 759 into Cedar Bluff, westbound on NS's former Norfolk & Western Clinch Valley District from Blue... (more)
After traveling NS' Christiansburg District from Roanoke, westbound grain empties arrive at Bluefield Yard featuring a former BNSF Warbonnet, NS SD70ACe, and Canadian National ES44DC. The saga of ... (more)
With the Clinch River in the background, the 72nd running of the Clinchfield Santa Train eases into Osbourne's Curve with SD40-3 No. 4047 leading the way. The train has already completed several g... (more)
Crossing the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River, the 72nd running of the Clinchfield Santa Train arrives at its second stop of the morning in downtown Elkhorn City. The office car special is dest... (more)
Amtrak's westbound Cardinal eases into the capital city of Charleston led by Amtrak GE P42DC No. 151.
On a dreary late winter afternoon in Huntington Yard, an unusual unobstructed view allows us to capture much of the railroad's Huntington Locomotive Shops dead/storage line. Here, one particular e... (more)
Framed by the windows of the Georgia Railroad Dearing observation car, the three unit consist of the 2014 New River Train runs around its 30 car consist at "Tool Car" on Hi... (more)
Making an unusual nighttime appearance, NS 380 switches the small industrial yard in Nitro during a foggy autumn night. The UP SD70M visitor will be returned at the trains terminating point before... (more)
A pair of Kansas City Southern EMD SD70ACe's idle in the Grafton terminal after performing some testing over the intimidating grades of the former B&O Mountain Subdivision.
Rolling westbound through downtown St. Albans on the former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline, a Newport News, Virginia to Scoville, Idaho DODX move containing Irradiated Radioactive Material receives an... (more)
In the final rays of evening sun, an Union Pacific container train descends the railroad's Cajon Pass led by a trio of UP widecabs.
A quartet of four relatively clean BNSF GEVO's lead a westbound container train across the Seligman Subdivision near Valentine, Arizona.
The year 2014 introduced more variety in foreign power and lashups on the former C&O mainline in West Virginia in a number of years, attributed to a sharp increase in crude-by-rail shipments throu... (more)
On a muggy August night, a westbound CSX empty paints the valley of the gorge as it slithers through Fayette Station on the opposite main. From top to bottom, the New River Gorge Bridge stands 876... (more)
Westbound on the former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline, former Union Pacific SD45 No. 3634, now CITX No. 2811 leads a westbound grain empty through St. Albans with a genuine EMD consist.
Surrounded by an assortment of scrap metal and an out-of-place school bus, Elk River Railroad EMD GP9 No. 4 and low nose EMD GP9 No. 5 sit in the small Gassaway industrial yard. This location is t... (more)
On a dreary fall afternoon in downtown Gassaway, a respectful percentage of the Elk River Railroad motive power fleet sits in the railroad's small industrial yard. It's debatable how many of the p... (more)
Tied down in Nitro's small industrial yard, NS GP38-2 No. 5130 waits for tomorrow's assignments while a severe thunderstorm threatens communities to the north with heavy rains, lighting, and hail.
On a cold and dreary autumn morning at Cheat Bridge, two unique locomotives of the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley fleet pose alongside each other after operating a photo freight from Elkins. On the le... (more)
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley fireman Frankie Johns eases his head outside of his locomotive, former Moore & Keppel Climax No. 3 after operating a freight earlier in the day. In a day that consisted ... (more)
On a very dreary morning along the obscure Greenbrier River south of Durbin, Moore & Keppel Climax No. 3 pulls a freight and RPO consist toward the "end of the line".
Slithering through the tight curvature of the former Western Maryland, Durbin & Greenbrier Valley BL2 No. 82 double heads with the railroad's C&O F7(A) No. 7094 in a photo freight at High Falls.
Arriving into West Virginia's capital city, the New York bound Cardinal tows the three final outbound passenger cars associated with the 2014 New River Train. The Georgia Railroad more)
The inaugural running of the 2014 Collis P. Huntington New River Train eases across the New River with Amtrak's commemorative Veterans P42DC No. 42 doing the head end honors... The train would soo... (more)
Leading the inaugural eastbound run of the Collis P. Huntington New River Train, Amtrak's commemotrative Veterans P42DC No. 42 passes a small farm situated along the New River near Sandston... (more)
Near Linan mine, Chesapeake & Ohio freight scheme painted F7(A) No. 7094 leads a southbound freight along the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River towards Spruce from Elkins. Despite torrential rain an... (more)
With fall color at its peak, Western Maryland BL2 No. 82 leads a photo freight south across the Cheat River at Milepost 77 Bridge, enroute towards Spruce from Elkins.
After receiving a track authority between Deepwater and Maben along NS' former Virginian Princeton-Deepwater District, a loaded coal train with brand new unit hoppers in tow crosses the Kanawha Ri... (more)
Descending the former NF&G Sewell Valley Subdivision between Rainelle and Meadow Creek, a loaded CSX train stands out among the vibrant fall foliage associated with October 2011. The foliage of 20... (more)
As daytime fades to darkness, C&O 2-6-6-2 No. 1309, WMSR 2-8-0 No. 734, and Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 0-6-0 No. 126 are illuminated in a twilight scene outside of the railroad's Ridgeley, W.Va. shops... (more)
Railroading never sleeps... Shop workers evaluate C&O H-6 Class 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 during an overhaul at the railroad's locomotive shops in rural Peach Creek, West Virginia.... In reality, actors po... (more)
Approaching the small transfer yard along the Kanawha River, a pair of GP38's lead a string of two dozen CSX coal loads along the former Winifrede Railroad in Chesapeake. The once bustling short l... (more)
Approaching the townsite of Winifrede, a pair of GP38-2's lead a string of two dozen CSX loads from the Big Eagle mine to the CSX/Winifrede interchange along the Kanawha River in Chesapeake. This ... (more)
Wild N' Wonderful West Virginia... Remarkably, only 15 miles from West Virginia's capital city of Charleston, the unique and obscure Winifede Railroad eases toward their small interchange y... (more)
For the first time in 12 years, Durbin & Greenbrier Valley's former Moore & Keppel Climax No. 3 leads a southbound photo freight alongside a dehydrated, yet calm Greenbrier River on a dreary Septe... (more)
After departing Elk Run Yard during a torrential downpour, CSXT ES44AC No. 872 leads a string of old CSX system hoppers on CSX's Big Coal Subdivision to Sproul. The switch in the foreground is the... (more)
What's at the end of a rainbow? Evidently, it's a former Southern GP38-2 high hood... A series of severe thunderstorms have pushed to the east, but a light rain continues to fall over Nitro as the... (more)
Ascending Ash Hill in the morning sun, a trio of BNSF widecabs lead a high priority Z train across the Transcontinental railroad at Siberia, westbound on Santa Fe's Needles Subdivision.
As day turns to night, a late winter snow squall blankets the coal town of Keystone as eastbound coal loads charge over Elkhorn with a former Conrail C40-8W leading.
A quintet of four-axle rebuilds have just emerged from CSX's Huntington Locomotive shops and have traveled dead-in-tow to the railroad's Russell terminal for distribution into revenue service. The... (more)
A mid-summer severe thunderstorm associated with a major cold front terrioizes the small town of Nitro as it tears through the Kanawha Valley with heavy rains, thunder, and an impressive lightning... (more)
Congested rails at Goffs... As two eastbound trains wait to finish the final leg of their crew run from Barstow to Needles, a high priority westbound Z streaks by... Two additional trains n... (more)
Charging across the Mojave Desert in the early morning sun, the DPU of an eastbound grain train is silhouetted against the mountains at Hector.
Minutes after sunrise, the head end of an eastbound grain train is silhouetted against a vibrant morning sky as it sits at a red signal near Newberry Springs, waiting for a better signal east towa... (more)
On a picture perfect afternoon, a pair of Canadian Pacific ES44AC's lead a mixed freight across the Menomonee River in downtown Milwaukee.
On a beautiful sunny morning along the Pacific Coast, Amtrak F59PHI No. 458 leads an Amtrak surfliner south towards San Diego from Oceanside.
Returning south to San Diego, a sleek looking Coaster trainset passes over Soledad Creek after diverting away from the Pacific coast at Del Mar.
After departing San Diego Santa Fe station, F40PH No. 2103 leads a San Diego coaster along the Pacific shore in Del Mar.
A splash of diffused evening sun illuminates the power of westbound mixed freight, CSX Q303 as it rolls along the New River Gorge at Thurmond.
In a predominantly coal-driven region, a trio of western visitors sneak through southern West Virginia under the cover of darkness with a unit train of Bakken crude oil in tow. Illuminated with se... (more)
What else is there to do on the beach in California this time of year? Watch trains, of course... While taking in the scenery from San Clemente Pier, an Amtrak Surfliner rolls along the Pac... (more)
A pair of former ATSF GP's wait for better signals into BNSF's large yard at Barstow with a light engine move in tow. The leader, BNSF GP39-2 No. 2772 joined the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe roster ... (more)
After interchanging with the Arizona & California Railroad, the Cadiz local returns west to Barstow featuring a unique consist of aging ATSF B40-8W Warbonnets. Original Santa Fe No. 543 is bringin... (more)
A BNSF mixed freight reaches Cajon Summit after a long haul across the scenic pass. The late evening summer sun has faded in the valley below leaving only the summit illuminated in this June 13 pe... (more)
Enroute to Oceanside from San Diego, an Amtrak surfliner rolls along the Pacific coast just moments after sunset. This evening's train includes a private dome car, offering what I'm sure is a brea... (more)
After performing a station stop at San Clemente Pier, a northbound Metrolink led by EMD F59PHI No. 880 parallels the beach on a route appropriately titled, the Pacific Surfline. The train i... (more)
The first rays of an early morning sun illuminate the rolling hills of Tehachapi Pass, silhouetting the descent of a manifest destined for Bakersfield. The Southern Pacific pass serves as a critic... (more)
As the first rays of a June morning illuminate Tehachapi Pass with a golden glow, a pair of former Warbonnets lead a manifest downgrade near Caliente. In the background, a Mojave bound container t... (more)
In the final evening light, UP ES44AC No. 5445 is framed by the old Southern Pacific code line near downtown Tehachapi as it leads a mixed freight to Mojave from Bakersfield.
