It's a beautiful morning in the state, and the James River is running a tad high after some nasty thunderstorms rolled through the night before. Still facing residual delays from a derailment a fe... (more)

My annual pilgrimage to the Nations Capitol wouldn't be complete without shooting some trains with the area landmarks. Pulling up to a stop signal at CP Virginia, the Roanoke regional is running a... (more)

With the sun breaking through for the first time after the snowfall, Amtrak train 89, bound for sunny Savannah, Georgia rolls across the Rappahannock River bridge, just a couple hours into their j... (more)

The Buckingham Branch has finished the days work, and the pair of GP variant motors are tied down on the 'Depot Track'. Not long after they had shut down, loaded rock train W654 is seen headed dow... (more)

With a late fall snowstorm having dumped a few inches of the white stuff throughout Virginia and much of North Carolina, track geometry train W003 is running down #2 track while testing for defect... (more)

With fog so thick you could cut it with a knife blanketing the Virginia countryside, the small town of Stony Creek is woken up by the sound of loaded ethanol train K485 blasting through town just ... (more)

Almost to its final destination of Rocky Mount, manifest Q302 cruises south across the bridge in Weldon, North Carolina on a humid August afternoon with a trio of the more rare variety of SD70AC's... (more)

With the sun making a late evening appearance, UPS train 203 heads south through the Virginia countryside with quite the trio of motors. Leading the way is a former BN 'Executive' scheme SD70MAC, ... (more)

Despite the mostly overcast conditions throughout the day, the sun managed to peek out for a while just after dinner time as manifest Q409 swings around at 'West AY' at the south end of CSX's Acca... (more)

Having just finished working the industries at Milford, local D794 is pulling out onto the main, en route to Fredericksburg. Passing the long abandoned MD Tower is the short 11 car train, with a r... (more)

The sun is just coming over the horizon enough to illuminate the Richmond skyline as well as train V28, seen coming back into Richmond just a tad late. Crossing the mighty James River, we're stand... (more)

132 cars behind or ahead, whichever you decide, are helper locomotive H777, dragging this manifest out of Richmond's Fulton Yard for the trip to Rocky Mount. Leading the train is a KCS ES44AC and ... (more)

Leaving behind the Richmond skyline headed for Rocky Mount, NC, manifest Q302 heads south across a high and muddy James River. Leading the large 132 car train is a far out west visitor, Kansas Cit... (more)

The sun came out just long enough to throw light on manifest 35Q heading south with a colorful pair of locomotives on the head end. ES44AC #8104, the 'Lehigh Valley' heritage unit leads, while AC4... (more)

For being just a little 0-4-0, the ol' #85 sure was putting on a show! As the third daily excursion makes its way south toward Frederick, the Jeddo Coal 'saddleback' locomotive was earning its kee... (more)