With some added mixed freight cars to the consist, empty phosphate train B208 heads south through Roanoke with two GE units.
Mountain Meets: CSXT 5293 leads empty coal train CSX B410 westbound through Afton, Virginia, as they pass the Buckingham Branch passenger excursion train.
Russell to Richmond manifest Q302-04 accelerates through Ashland on a frigid December evening, heading for their first stop at South Charleston Yard in the capitol city of West Virginia.
Friendly wave from the conductor of Q427 as they move down the yard to drop there off at the West end of the yard.
First time for me seeing a ES40DC in the YN3b paint scheme, Q427 pulls into Selkirk yard after coming in off the B&A.
Baltimore Terminal transfer job Y301 with 22 cars out of Locust Point bound for Curtis Bay crosses a frozen Patapsco River on the Curtis Bay Branch.
An Eastbound load of black diamonds tackle the Westbound grade of Sandpatch sweeping through the S curve between Glade City and Keystone.
Q506 slowly comes across the north end of Stanley yard as they work over to the runner to head down through the yard.
Q501 eases down the North End Troy siding.
A one engine wonder winds its way downhill through the cut at Martinsburg's train station.
Traffic is backed up on the RF&P this afternoon. It looks like the engineer is anticipating being here for a while!!