Westbound coal, maybe going north on the Dry Fork at Cedar Bluff. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

NS 51Z howls past Shawsville in notch 8 after stopping briefly to inspect one of the grain hoppers.

A C6M leads NS 18W down grade through Shawsville, VA

A pair of C6M rebuilds pulls NS 271 east through Glenvar, VA.

Sitting quiet at the C&O railway museum in Clifton Forge, the Greenbrier Presidential Express locomotive 614 rust's away on display.

2022 Santa Santa Train coming around the bend at Sun.

Empties headed back to Andover and more coal. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Slug mothers got a reprieve and lasted somewhat longer than other GP40s on the roster. This unit is going mine runs on the numerous branches in the "hollers" of extreme southwest Virgin... (more)

N & W crews complained about these being slippery and they seemed banished to ex NKP/WAB tracks for many years but by the 90s they were roaming around. Here's one from when there was variety in c... (more)

A northbound NS intermodal heads over a muddy and swollen Dan River at Danville.

A BNSF GEVO speeds east through Elliston, VA with manifest NS 18W.

N&W Squared: NS 8103, the N&W unit, sits in the siding at CP Arcadia, located about 30 miles north of Roanoke, as it waits for northbound train NS 12Z to roll through. Of note, the N&W is on its ... (more)

A KCS ACe leads the charge of NS 64D as it thunders over the Northfork rd crossing on the Whitethorne district.

NS train 13Z with UP1988 the "Katy" heritage unit leading waits for train 14Z to pass in the siding.

NS 12Z breaks the silence in the lower Shenandoah valley as it clears CP Lithia with the still clean looking Southern Heritage unit making an appearance. The switch is still guarded by the old N&... (more)