A puddle captures a mirror image of the GE power that leads a coal drag through Roanoke. Also rumbling over a mile back is CSX GE locomotive #3352 assigned DPU duties on todays Lakeland, FL bound... (more)

A colorful locomotive package brings 144 cars through Roanoke making a total length of 8,761 feet of train. Locomotives: BNSF #7330, KCS #4514, KCS #4845, CSXT #1502.

No longer in operation, Q678-15 pulls freight through Roanoke under a CSX wooden bridge. Even though this train is no more, this old bridge still has its wooden pillars shaken by several trains ... (more)

Showing some wear and tear after nearly twenty years of working on the railroad, (built 1999) BNSF Dash 9 #4605 pulls containers through the city of Roanoke. Rebuilt power CSXT #4041 EMD SD40-3, ... (more)

Todays daily operated train CSX Q238, has a rather wet excursion to Talladega, AL. The dense fog is beginning to dissipate as Tier 4 power brings autoracks north through Roanoke. Packing some hig... (more)

Originally built in 1981 as L&N EMD SD40-2 #8146, this rebuilt EMD now performs duties in the blue and yellow paint of CSX. Signal Mast on the northend indicate no movements north at the time, whi... (more)

Rolling at 10 mph through the siding, BNSF power eases 8,654 feet of train to a stop. The unsuspected delay is due to a shifted load. After an inspection from the conductor and a road truck drive... (more)

Freight is on the move over the mainline, while several cars keep their stationary position on adjacent tracks. These cars are beginning to make Roanoke home, because for some reason they've been... (more)

On a beautiful fall day, a specialty grinder cools its 24 grinding stones in the siding at Roanoke. This particular type of LORAM Grinder is used on switches and crossings.

The very strong 136lb steel rail takes a beating as 110 loads of coal and locomotive power (stretching over a mile) rolls over it with immense weight and force. CSX AH locomotives like #3053, wei... (more)

Roaming through some tight curves and close bank sides, Q186-21 heads north with a special unit on the point. Still in the famous original Santa Fe Warbonnet paint, BNSF Dash 9 engine #656 comman... (more)

Thick fog sweeps in covering everything in sight, including this CSX Evolution Series locomotive and its train of welded rail.

Snow in Roanoke?... Yes, it's true!... That fluffy white stuff is a rare sight in this part of the country, sometimes taking years before dropping by again. Normally several inches are out of the... (more)

Just minutes earlier after waiting for CSX intermodal train L186, the crew of BNSF engine #7633 gets a medium clear from the siding to the main at the southend of Broughton. Now gaining speed, th... (more)

Molten sulfur rolls over a (4ft 8 1/2 in) wide steel road, (destination New Wales, FL) with BNSF power and a lone CSX engine. To retain a molten form, the sulfur should be kept at approximately 2... (more)