The DPUs of a loaded coal train whine downgrade past a field of purple wildflowers. The train was a monster, featuring two engines up front, three in the middle, and these two on the rear.
A Canadian visitor navigates around the S curves in Shawsville, VA as it leads empty ethanol 65W back towards Chicagoland.
BNSF leads intermodal NS 276 east through Shawsville, VA.
A single BNSF unit pulls NS 273 up Christiansburg grade in Shawsville, VA.
The Erie heritage unit pops out of Montgomery tunnel on the Christiansburg district with empty grainer NS 51Z.
An empty grainer rushes up grade through Shawsville, VA with the Erie heritage unit in the lead.
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 pull loaded Herzog ballast train NS 92Z west over Friendship Rd in Shawsville, VA.
NS 18M drops downgrade in a gloomy late June afternoon. The brilliant colors of the original Norfolk Southern heritage unit contrasted nicely with the fog and rain.
Storm clouds gather as a hopper train rushes west by John Farm in Shawsville, VA.
A white face dash 9 leads a westbound empty grain through Montgomery tunnel.
A white face dash 9 leads a westbound empty grain through Shawsville, VA.
The Lehigh Valley heritage unit leads NS 781 west by John Farm in Shawsville, VA.
The farmers of the area are gathering first crop hay and the air is thick with the smell of fresh cut grass and honeysuckle. NS 934 welded rail train rolls by a freshly mowed field in Shawsville,... (more)