NS 1074 leads the charge as NS 15T flies high above the New River

I ended up chasing NS 19M from Roanoke, VA all the way out to the trestle at Coopers with the guidance of Michael Walton and Daniel Alls. This train had one of the friendliest crews I have ever e... (more)

A fairly short 15T makes quick work of Christiansburg grade as it works its way west past John Farm on a beautiful fall evening

A long NS 21T makes its way out of Harrisburg Intermodal Terminal as it crawls across Rockville Bridge and begins its long trek west to Kansas City.

With a straight shot into Roanoke, 11Z hustles its train south at track speed past the N&W CPL signal at CP Cloverdale

After finding the power sitting at a co-op in Weyers Cave and having a chat with the crew , I learned that they would be working Houff for about 45 minutes before heading back south to Staunton. T... (more)

Saturday's CSX Q409 brought out railfans from all across the eastern seaboard, as it had all three "Pride in Service" locomotives for a daylight run on the A line. This was my last stop ... (more)

With one load from NS, the SVRR makes its way back south through Weyers Cave. It will couple to the rest of its train shortly down the tracks at Augusta Co-Op.

15T grinds its way up Christiansburg grade past the cemetery at John Farm with 4 of GE's finest in near whiteout conditions

Westbound empty coal train U206 nears the end of its run from Doswell-Clifton Forge as it comes through Nicelytown after receiving yarding instructions to the fuel pad.

The locomotives of northbound intermodal train NS 202 are screaming as they struggle to get their train up the step grade just north of Raphine, VA

After almost a week of rain, we have a sunny morning and I wasn't going to waste it. Here we see an ex- Conrail D8-40CW still sporting its Leslie horn leading NS 69R, an empty Limestone train, bac... (more)

NS 1074 may have had some people convinced that the 611 was the one on point of 15T with the amount of the smoke that it was pushing out at points in my chase of it between Elliston and Wytheville... (more)

Eastbound grainer G054 makes its way east along the James River as it comes through Alpine. Side note: the crossing that this shot was taken from has the strangest sounding "bell" that s... (more)

NS 1074 leads 15T past the old N&W station in Dublin, VA smoking up a storm as it heads west on the Pulaski District.