A switcher from the Commonwealth Railway is now assigned to the Rail Link contract at International Paper in Franklin, Virginia.

Finally, on the fourth try, I got the CWRY running intermodal with home road power. All CSX cars are moved with CSX power, but NS trains V14/V07 power does not go all the way to the APM Terminal,... (more)

Running LHF, CWRY #444 leads the westbound empties from the newly opened APM Terminals in Portsmouth on this beautiful November evening.

CWRY #444 leads the daily APM-Maersk Double-Stack back west to the marshalling yard, seen here at Driver, VA.

CWRY #444 (GP-16) leads the daily turn from the APM-Maersk facility to Suffolk, VA for interchange with Norfolk Southern. Train is proceeding through the median of I-664

With the opening of APM Terminals in Portsmouth, VA, the container traffic has injected new life into the Commonwealth Railway.

The Monday train pauses at the new Suffolk Marshalling Yard in the Baileytown area. The crew needs to pick up their spacer car used in Portsmouth at the chemical plant. The two new passing tracks ... (more)

This section of trackage will soon be abandoned once the Western Freeway Rail Corridor has been built to access the Craney Island Maersk Terminal. For more information visit the Virginia Port Auth... (more)

The Friday train has already switched the BASF Plant in Portsmouth and is headed to the Norfolk Southern interchange in Suffolk.

The morning train rolls through Bromay Street on its way to the BASF chemical plant in Portsmouth. Once it has switched tank cars there it will return on its way to the Norfolk Southern interchang... (more)

The Friday train has already switched the BASF Plant in Portsmouth and is coming back to park the locomotive for the weekend at Wilroy. Commonwealth Railway is owned by GWI's Rail-Link, Inc. The s... (more)

Commonwealth Railway is owned by GWI's Rail-Link, Inc. Engine 444 is usually used to switch the BASF chemical plant in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is seen here at Wilroy after running the local train... (more)

CRR 517 pulls tank train from West Norfolk onto NS West Bound main enroute to yard.

Commonwealth RR operates the former Altantic & Danville/ Norfolk Franklin and Danville, NS line into the BASF Chemical Plant in Portsmouth, Va.