A short-lived train around here, this decimated trash train is westbound at the tiny town whose “square” is a triangle, formerly a junction with the Saltville Branch.
This unit is leading a Roanoke NRHS excursion which will turn here and head back home. The units in their bright new paint have started up the east leg of the wye, which once led to the Saltville... (more)
Northbound intermodal #202 speeds by the CPL's at 'Washington' before dusk
Southbound manifest 37Q passes the CPL's at Glade Spring
SUPER PUMPKIN? NS and Relco went to great lengths to make this a non-locomotive. After sitting all day to allow trains to pass this rail train shoved from Abingdon to pick up rail and had a tota... (more)
Approaching a meet with intermodal #278 this WB mixed freight has nears the signal for the east end of the long siding which is oddly positioned well east of the actual switch. The track makes an... (more)
The "wrong way trains" meet where the west end of the siding used to end. That's 112 in the hole. Had something to do with end points. For some time back then CSX units were rather com... (more)
EB mixed freight. We didn't get many of these down here so I probably went bonkers when this little beauty appeared, easing into the siding where the switch used to be. Wouldn't that white stuff... (more)
Originally N&W, equipped with slug connections, this unit is on an EB freight.
The rear DPU of an eastbound intermodal passes by a stopped NS 127 with the Savannah and Atlanta heritage unit in charge. A crew change has just taken place and 127 will continue west soon.
Union Pacific 1988 leads train 13Z down the Pulaski district on a hot and sunny June afternoon.
Union Pacific's Katy heritage unit makes a rare east coast appearance leading NS train 13Z as it approaches Washington for a crew change.
NS train 13Z with UP1988 the "Katy" heritage unit leading waits for train 14Z to pass in the siding.
13Z heads west through the rolling hills of Glade Spring, VA on the Pulaski district.
Passing a versatile Pettibone machine this eastbound freight is alongside the new roadbed for the extension of this siding to 10,000 ft. Rumors of a new 15,000 footer somewhere are in the air.
