Sloping East: NS 18N heads east into Altoona, as the train has just knocked down the eastbound signals at the west end of the Altoona.

Hamilton Grain: CSXT 406, painted in YN2 color, leads a loaded grain train southbound on the CSX Toledo Subdivision through Hamilton, Ohio.

Farm Colors: BNSF 7805 leads NS 119 west on the NS Christiansburg district through Shawsville, VA, as the colorful train begins its multi-hour journey toward Bluefield, WV.

River Series: NS 8000, the first numbered ES44AC, leads NS 278 over the Roanoke river with the blueridge mountains in the background, as the train heads east toward Wabun, toward Roanoke.

Autos at Ada: NS 4364 leads NS 11E west through Ada, WV, with a train with a long string of empty autoracks.

Pacific & Western: UP 8583 leads intermodal NS 273 west through Ada, WV, as the train pulls into the yard in Bluefield, WV, for its crew change before continuing west.

Diamond Help: NS 9679 leads the northbound NE regional train 176 through Charlottesville, VA, as the original Amtrak leader, AMTK 147, stalled the previous night, so this engine was lent to Amtra... (more)

Pkin Power: NS 3664 leads NS 11Z south past the N&W CPLs at Pkin, which are due to be taken down sometime later this year.

Drafting Power: NS 3664 leads NS 11Z south out of the siding, after meeting NS 12Z, past the N&W CPLs at Stuarts Draft, which are due to be taken down on May 30, as new signals, as seen in the ph... (more)

Dashing and Drafting: NS 9740 leads NS M1Z south through the N&W CPLs at Lipscomb, located in Stuarts Draft, VA, as the train tries to make up time as it gets closer to Roanoke.

Afton Appreciation: CSXT 3194, The Spirit of Law Enforcement unit, heads west on the Buckingham Branch railroad through the mountains in Afton, VA as the train heads west to be reloaded with coal... (more)

Colorful Visitors: NS 13Z, led by UP 8571, hurls south through Buena Vista, Virginia, as the train also had a BNSF trailing 3rd with an NS SD70ACU sandwiched in the middle. The train brings in ni... (more)

Vesuvius Vicinity: NS 1067 heads out of the siding onto the mainline at CP Vesuvius after having just met a northbound 12Z in the double track. Here, the train splits the N&W signals to head sout... (more)

The Waiting Game: NS 1067 holds at the south end of Shenandoah Yard, as the train waits for its crew to take the train south on the Shenandoah Valley to Roanoke, VA. This train took 3.5 days to g... (more)

Good as N&W: NS 1067, the Reading Heritage unit, that was just released from the shops in Altoona after getting washed and repainted, heads south through Stuarts Draft, Virginia, as NS 11Z contin... (more)