On this May morning a thick fog hung over the James River while everywhere else the morning was beautiful. Amtrak 20, the NB Crescent, cuts through the fog like a knife as it heads out of Lynchbur... (more)
A CSX geometry train pulls into Clifton Forge on a beautiful day in early spring, passing the C&O Heritage Center and a GE working the yard.
Clinchfield's first diesel, 800, a F3 rebuilt to F7 specs, leads the 75th annual Santa Train down her home rails through the winding curves at Sun, VA.
Strasburg 90 brings the last run of the day into the station on a wonderful fall afternoon with the company Model T displayed on the platform. Both of these awesome machines were built in 1924, an... (more)
Amtrak 51, the westbound Cardinal, rolls west over the Mountain sub through the small town of Goshen. Operation of this line has passed to the Buckingham Branch Railroad which still uses jointed r... (more)
Amtrak 20 glides through Monroe, VA where the Southern once had a depot, yard, roundhouse, and wye. All that remains is the single track mainline that the Crescent still traverses daily, now behin... (more)
630 leads the '01 and the Summerville excursion through Rossville. The hand-fired consolidation is doing the majority of the work evidenced by the plume of smoke, hiding an otherwise beautiful blu... (more)
Amtrak 156, the newly extended Northeast Regional that now runs over Blue Ridge grade to Roanoke, flies east through Bedford, VA on a crisp fall morning just after Thanksgiving. This is a classic ... (more)
630 and 4501 work upgrade through Rock Spring, a classic shot on the Summerville trips. Today was a gorgeous Fall day with the foliage near its peak.
The Spirit of our Armed Forces eases down the NCTM through track during 5th annual Firetruck Festival.
A very short Newport local rolls south in a rare Fall snowstorm in central Arkansas.
The 76th Santa Train drops downgrade into Dante, Va on its run to Kingsport, Tn.
Southern Railway 630 & 4501 bring their 10 car excursion into the house track at Summerville.
The Cavalier flies through Appomattox county behind N&W 611. The CPLs here would only last a couple months longer before finally being replaced. While they may not be of 611's era, it was still gr... (more)
CRR 800 leads the 75th Santa Train across the famous bridge at Clincho, VA.
