NS 14Z heads north up the Shenandoah Valley Line at Arcadia with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background

A BNSF GE is in charge of autorack train NS 11E as it heads west through Elliston, VA.

NS 18W glides down grade through Shawsville in late evening sun.

NS 279 rumbles up grade through Shawsville, VA with a barely month old C6M leading the way.

With a relatively clean C6M on point, a westbound hopper train passes by a rarely photographed whistle post in Shawsville at John Farm.

An ACe pulls extra 825, NS S25, west through Shawsville.

The final location of the Southern chase comes from a sunny Lafayette, VA on the Whitethorne distric.

A freshly repainted Southern heritage unit pops out of Merrimac Tunnel on the Whitethorne district.

The first 11E I've been able to catch certainly was a memorable one complete with BNSF and CN power. Here, the train is rolling through Shawsville, VA by "John Farm."

The Southern heritage unit leads NS 746 east through the signals in Falls Mills, VA on the Pokey.

Farm Colors: BNSF 7805 leads NS 119 west on the NS Christiansburg district through Shawsville, VA, as the colorful train begins its multi-hour journey toward Bluefield, WV.

The 2018 Clinchfield Santa Train crosses the Copper Creek Bridge.

Two units from western railroads sandwich a Norfolk Southern engine on NS Train 25A as it rolls through Broad Run, Virginia heading east on the NS B-Line.

The 2018 Clinchfield Santa Train at Fort Blackmore.

The 2018 Clinchfield Santa Train at Nora Jct.