A line of SD70M-2’s and C44-9W’s await their fate in the storage yard in Roanoke.

A sign of the times, dozens of locomotives are sitting in Roanoke yard sidelined. Between the implementation of precision scheduled railroading and the decrease in traffic from COVID 19, the amoun... (more)

A westbound mixed freight departs the big yard. As of today a these units are stored due to curtailed service, also known as PSR.

After train 137 stalled out coming up the hill at Lovick, the yard crew on AB26 was sent out to Lovick to rescue 137 and help them over the hill.

All That Remains Where the I1s Roamed

NS 633 trundles past the few remaining structures of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Renovo Shops complex. The yard and most of the buildings have l... (more)

While waiting on N&W 611 make her inaugural run north from Spencer, NS 158 comes around the corner at Jamestown.

NS 135 battles the grade out of Linwood yard in run 8 with a heavy train consisting of mostly loads.

End of the chase. After chasing NS 111 from just south of Dossett, all the way through Clinton, this would be the last shot of this train. The crew had held the train in the siding to allow... (more)

The chase of NS 111 south through Clinton continues. The train is seen here just south of CP Mullin Ridge.

Having crossed over the CSX at Dossett a short distance back, NS 111 cruises south past Moran Baptist Church.

NS 111 south is approaching downtown Clinton. The dynamics were really screaming, as the crew slows the train for the tight curve at the depot, as well as for a meet at East Siding.

NS 111 south is now down to a virtual snail's pace, as it negotiates the small yard just south of downtown Clinton, slowing for a meet with northbound M12 at East Siding.

Eastbound loads snake through the S curve west of Oakvale.

Recently added NS 308 heads back out into the open, as it prepares to head under the Lockbourne Eastern Rd overpass.