Afton Afternoons: CSXT 452, sporting YN2 colors, leads empty coal train CSX B410 westbound along the Buckingham Branch through Afton, Virginia, as the reach the peak of the grade.
Mountain Meets: CSXT 5293 leads empty coal train CSX B410 westbound through Afton, Virginia, as they pass the Buckingham Branch passenger excursion train.
Amtrak 50, the eastbound Cardinal pops out of the east portal of the Blue Ridge Tunnel on Buckingham Branch Railroad’s North Mountain Subdivision. The train is nearly crawling past me, as just a... (more)
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)
CSX 3295 West exiting Little Rock Tunnel, the shortest and only one of four original tunnels still in active use today. It was constructed by the Blue Ridge Railroad chief engineer Claudius Crozet... (more)
CSX 270 West climbing Afton Mountain.
CSX V99105 slowly climbs the 1.4% grade up Afton Mountain on a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Photo taken from Afton Mountain Road in Afton, VA.
West Bound Amtrak Train No. 51, The Cardinal, on a beautiful Fall day at Afton, VA. Approximately 2:15 PM
A rare CSX SD50 leader brings an empty grain train west over Afton mountain in Afton, VA, probably for the last time as CSX is retiring their SD50s
CSX CW44AH 547 ascends Afton Mountain.
CSXT 207 west U10522 climbing the grade up Afton Mountain.
A CSX CW44AC leads a train westbound between East and West Afton.
Running over 30 minutes late, the westbound Cardinal is on jointed rail on the old C & O main line as it approaches the Blue Ridge Tunnel. The Afton siding usually serves as the meeting point for ... (more)
A westbound CSX train climbs Afton Mountain on the North Mountain Subdivision.
A C&O freight works eastbound at the 1944 Blue Ridge Tunnel. This line is now operated by the Buckingham Branch Railroad.