RF&P F's wait for another train to lead, and a C&O geep is seen far right, in this scene from the ready tracks at Pot Yard, once one of the busiest on the east coast. From the south, it was not u... (more)

Needing more power, Clinchfield leased F units from the RF&P as shown here with 1201 leading a southbound and meeting CRR Train 95 North at Johnson City, Tenn. yard. No. 95 has an RF&P unit in i... (more)

THe day is just about over for the crew of this southbound as it motors through Richmond's north side.

RF&P F7A 1109 idles at Bryan Park, Acca Yard in Richmond, Va. November 1966.

Classic lines in blue and grey! Two of the RF&P's finest idle at the Bryant Park terminal on a bright spring afternoon waiting on their next run to Potomac Yard.

Power-short Clinchfield leased more F units from the RF&P, and a couple of the units were on this extra south at Barrett, the yard at Johnson City (Tenn.), on Nov. 20, 1963. The mainline no long... (more)

RFP GP7 102 pauses between assignments at Byran Park Terminal in Richmond in July 1967.

RFP 91 pauses between assignments at Byran Park Terminal in Richmond in June 1967.

Although restored in the old RF&P paint scheme, engine #101 was originally built in November 1950 and still operates today for the Buckingham Branch Railroad as engine BB #101 located in the small... (more)

Northbound RF&P TOFC train No. 176 was crossing Powells Creek, near Neabsco, VA on June 29, 1989 with GP40-2 No. 144 and Amtrak F40PH No. 308. The 308 had been in a crossing accident south of Ric... (more)

Amtrak P30CH No. 700 leads a quartet of P30CHs on southbound No. 53, the Auto Train, as it crosses RF&P's new single track bridge over Quantico Creek in Quantico, VA on July 29, 1989.

A southbound RF&P/CSX Operation Red Block Special was southbound on the RF&P on Oct. 26, 1988 with RF&P GP40 No. 127 and CSX GP40 No. 6796. As usual, when RF&P ran special trains, they picked the... (more)

RF&P's Acca Yard and Bryan Park Terminal could be a lonely place on Christmas Day in the 1980's. Basically, all freight operations were curtailed and the only trains running were the Amtrak passe... (more)

RF&P Mechanical Dept. employees gather around an N&W boxcar on March 6, 1978, as it is set back on the rails following a small "defrucalty" in the yard at Fredericksburg, VA.

RF&P had almost a super-railroad reputation, but it wasn't all cutting edge operation, as this scene of a crew member sprinting ahead to flag a street crossing proves.