Steamin West: N&W J 611 roars west along the Buckingham Branch Railroad in Craigsville, Virginia, as the train heads back for its next pickup of excursion train riders in Goshen, Virginia.

CSX 5, the lowest number AC44CW in YN2 paint, leads G752 west along the Buckingham Branch just outside of Craigsville, VA.

CSX 5, the lowest number AC44CW in YN2 paint, leads G752 west along the Buckingham Branch in Craigsville, VA.

N&W 611 thunders eastbound past Via’s Crossing on Buckingham Branch Railroad’s North Mountain Subdivision. Note the lone C&O codeline pole left standing.

Craigsville Cruise: CSXT 4711, a freshly rebuilt SD70MAC, leads empty grain train CSX G806 west along the Buckingham Branch through Craigsville, Virginia, as storms build in the distance.

Buckingham Branch GP40's lead the afternoon excursion westward toward Goshen.

611 rolls westward down the grade from North Mountain.

Norfolk & Western 611 rolls by a church and a tree with peak fall colors in Craigsville.

As the second day of 611 fall excursions on the Buckingham Branch's Virginia Scenic Railway gets on the way and after hearing the famous whistle in the far distance the 611 breaks the silence as ... (more)

BB Z631 with BB7, 13, and 14 westbound on the North Mountain Sub. just west of Craigsville, Va, taking a string of tankers back to CSX in Clifton Forge on a nice crisp December afternoon.

A westbound empty hopper train heads west over the Buckingham Branch line between Doswell and Clifton Forge. This line is one of the few places left in America that you can see Class 1 trains runn... (more)

A CSX west bound coal trains rolls along the Buckingham Branch just west of Craigsville, VA.The Buckingham Branch leases the ex-C&O mainline between Richmond and Clifton Forge. CSXT runs multiple ... (more)

BB #6 approaching Craigsville, VA for the next stop of the USMC Toys for Tots Santa Train.

600mm view of BB 12 clearing the line after a major snowfall. The code line charm of this former C&O line will soon be gone, as new signals take hold.

BB 3 leads the 2013 Toys for Tots train Westbound on a foggy December morning. Erected in the early 1900's when the line was first signaled, semaphores graced this pole before being replaced by t... (more)