After meeting NS 118 at Hurt connection, a relatively rare westbound on the “Virginian”, S11 blasts off from a dead stop with a long string of empty hoppers bound for Elmore, WV.

Crossing the Staunton River NS 778 takes the connection off the former Virginian Railway mainline onto the former N&W L line enroute to Hyco Power plant.

The Tennessee Alabama and Georgia RR heritage unit leads NS 18W southbound on the Winston Salem district over Electric Rd.

Bridge Dash In a rare move in the 2020s, AMTK 519, a dash 8, leads the westbound Amtrak Cardinal along the Buckingham Branch over the trestle in Woolen Mills, in the eastern end of Charlottesvill... (more)

Three P42s lead the eastbound Cardinal out of Staunton in the snow.

An empty coal train crosses the North Fork Clinch River on its run down the Clinch Valley from Bluefield

The safety train rolls east through RadfordVA and over 5he New River on the Pulaski district.

NS 19M rolls west through Wabun, VA over the Roanoke River.

The 82nd running of the popular CSX Santa Train was piloted by the railroad's recently released Clinchfield heritage unit, number 1902, a tribute to the primarily coal hauling railroad that instit... (more)

The 82nd Clinchfield Santa Train eases across the massive Copper Creek trestle near Clinchport, Virginia.

Norfolk Southern Train U40 shuttles empty coal hoppers back west to Andover as they pass through Duffield, VA.

CSX 2024 Santa Train crossing Copper Creek

The Santa Train rolls south, crossing the Russell Fork River at Splashdam, between the Toms Bottom and Haysi stops.

Wabun Westbounds: NS 7585 leads westbound manifest NS 127 through Wabun, Virginia, along the NS Christiansburg District. Interestingly, the first quarter of the train was loaded coal, which is mo... (more)

On Thursday, October 31, 2024 the Winchester and Western, seen here crossing Clark's Bridge over Back Creek west of Gainesboro, VA, ran a non-revenue run from the shops at Gore, VA to Winchester w... (more)