Former Norfolk & Western 1382 and Slug, lead an eastbound loaded coal train near Coopers West Virginia.

An unlikely double header...NKP 587 and N&W 1218 are westbound on the S-Line headed for Asheville, NC. The Timetable location is Clinchcross. This is where the Clinchfield goes under the Southern ... (more)

In January 1985, Ross Roland was running tests for his ACE 3000 project with C&O 4-8-4 #614 between Huntington, WV and Hinton, WV. Here the eastbound coal train is blasting through St. Albans.

A long way from home... Southern Pacific SD40E, 7328, is in pusher service on the "Pokey" helping former N&W C30-7, 8072 and SD40-2, 6120, to push another loaded coal train into Bluefiel... (more)

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Nickel Plate Berkshire 2-8-4 765, brings the New River Train eastbound through Thurmond West Virginia. She is sporting a Mars Light for this year's trips... (more)

Southern Railway GP30 2549 and GP38-2 5153 are idling at the Charlotte diesel servicing facility on a hot August day. 2549 has somehow lost it's SR nose herald.

Former Southern GP38, 2747, and two GP30s, leads a westbound freight train through Kernersville on the K-Line heading for Winston-Salem.

1218 has just exited the 213 ft long Point Tunnel. This is the first of many tunnels she will pass through as she climbs the famous Southern Loops to Asheville, NC.

Two N&W C30-7s bracket a Union Pacific SD40-2 as they throttle up a southbound freight leaving Greensboro North Carolina.

Could it be the Birmingham Special? No it's just the 1986 version of the NS excursion train before all the coaches were painted tuscan red. 611 is pulling into Crew, VA for a service stop on her ... (more)

It's early evening on a cold winter's day in Hinton, WV as former C&O GP40-2, 4386, takes a spin on the turntable.

The massive, former Southern Railway Back Shop on the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC, is the perfect location to display this steam locomotive. J-Class 2-8-0 #5... (more)

Two former Southern Rwy diesels lead a westbound empty hopper train out of Welch tunnel and across the Tug River. B23-7, 3980, was 1 of 54 units built between 1978 and 1981. SD40, 3200, was built ... (more)

Seaboard System 8320 leads an eight unit lash-up upgrade with an empty hopper train on the Clinchfield Loops. The train has just crossed Peppers Creek Road crossing.

The late winter scenery can look pretty bleak in the southern West Virginia coal fields. The mountain of coal slag in the background will look the same even in spring and summer months. But there ... (more)