An empty stone train idles at the Carmeuse facility in Clear Brook with the "Chesapeake and Ohio" heritage unit leading.
I196, a new train to this area, heads across the Magnolia Cutoff with a pair of freshly rebuilt former AC4400's.
M415 rolls past the former B&O complex at Martinsburg with an older GE leading a SD70MAC rebuild. Currently the complex is an events center and has slowly been undergoing restoration.
M407 passes the former B&O Roundhouse complex in Martinsburg as well as the Amtrak Station on a nice summer morning.
On a nice summer evening, L129 passes an old coal tipple and a park dedicated to Patsy Cline, who had her childhood home up on a nearby hill.
L129 heads north past a pond with a pretty sky in the background with a pair of older CSX GP's.
WW power idles in Clear Brook for the weekend as probably the most beautiful sunset of the year develops in the background.
The N&W Heritage unit leads L137 reminiscent of the old WM days when N&W power was common on WM rails. This industry, SGI, is rail served on the other end of the plant, the largest customer on th... (more)
I116 crosses the Potomac River back into Maryland as the sun gets low on a nice evening.
A former Family Lines/ Seaboard Systems GP16 rests while a storm brews in the distance on a quiet Thursday evening.
27A passes the Front Royal Country Club's golf course, a 9 hole course along the Shenandoah River. Then 27A crosses a creek and goes under I-66 which is not far behind my drone. Always liked the... (more)
CSX L129 heads down the "street running" section of the CSX Shenandoah Subdivision in Downtown Winchester with only 3 cars in tow.
CSX L129 heads into the yard track to end the day with a pair of EMD 4 axles.
M277 crosses over the beautiful Potomac River valley at sunset.
NS 068 heads through some beautiful Virginia countryside right at sunset with the C&O 614 in tow.