A clean Union Pacific SD70-M leads NS 19M westbound through Bedford, VA along the Blue Ridge District. The manifest is just getting going again after meeting Amtrak.

A clean Union Pacific SD70-M leads NS 19M westbound through Bedford, VA along the Blue Ridge District.

A pair of BNSF motors power NS 277 west through Bedford, VA along the Blue Ridge district.

NS 201 departs Bedford, VA after getting a fresh crew. 201 is an as needed bare table train out of Norfolk, VA. The engine in charge today just happened to be the 1069 Virginian heritage unit wh... (more)

The N&W Class A No. 1218 coming around the curve just in time to capture the last rays of the sun on Kodachrome 200 slide film. The engineer is blowing the mighty hooter whistle, acknowledging th... (more)

Back when foreign power was more common and some really interesting lashups could make their way through, Union Pacific's Chicago & Northwestern heritage unit leads a CN GE and a NS D9-44CW as it ... (more)

NW 1218 making an inspection stop at Bedford, with the Peaks of Otter in the background. Liberty Station Restaurant opened in the building in 2001, burned down to the stone walls in 2009, and reo... (more)

Pan view of the 1218 getting underway after an inspection stop at Bedford.

The N&W owned only three U 30Cs. Here # 8000 leads a typically N&W eclectic lash up on a rainy summer afternoon.The lead unit is followed by a pair of C-36-7s, a pair of GP-9s and a six axle EMD.

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)

The "Powhatan Arrow" heads West through Bedford on the first of six excursions out of Roanoke for Memorial Day Weekend 2017. The 611 will take 2 trips to Lynchburg and 4 trips to Walton ... (more)

The N&W Class J 611 heads east near Bedford on this cold, rainy day. The engine was being moved for the upcoming weekend excursion.

Norfolk and Western class J number 611 rolls by the CPL signal at Bedford, Virginia, with NS train number 958 on a deadhead move from Spencer to Roanoke.

Norfolk and Western 611 brings its train through Bedford on its way to Lynchburg.

The famous 611 frolics through a tiny meadow of yellow flowers while passing through Bedford enroute to Lynchburg.