River Loads: CSX YN2 duo CSXT 461 and CSXT 458 lead loaded coal train CSX C211 over the James River in Snowden, Virginia, along the CSX James River Subdivision. Early fall can already be seen on ... (more)

Intermodal NS 279 heads west over the Roanoke River in Wabun, VA.

CSX Local L245 is seen crossing the Saint James River heading South out of Richmond on the former Seaboard Air Line Bellwood Branch. This was a picture-perfect Sunday morning in Richmond that yiel... (more)

Amtrak trains 96 and 65 are seen meeting on the Chesapeake & Ohio Viaduct in Downtown Richmond. These trains both run between Newport News, VA, and Boston, MA.

Snowden Swing: CSXT 516, sporting YN2 colors, leads CSX James River Subdivision local train CSX L214 westbound over the James River in Snowden, Virginia. In the foreground, the walking bridge for... (more)

Bluff Bulks: CSXT 890 leads loaded coal train CSX C206 eastbound through Buttons Bluff, Virginia, along the CSX James River Subdivision as a pocket of sun shines through onto the bridge.

On the Chesapeake Western branch to Harrisonburg.

With the New York Central heritage unit in charge, grain train NS 50V crosses over Electric Road in Roanoke, VA along the Winston Salem district.

Ivy Grain: CSXT 813 leads empty grain train CSX G694 westbound through Ivy, Virginia, as they pass over a trestle bridge.

In late evening light, 12Z heads over the "Compton" trestle with the "Lackawanna" heritage unit leading.

The Road Less Traveled: The NS Whitethorne District commonly sees loaded unit trains routed on this line due to the easier grades, but it was daily manifest 18W that was lined up the old Virginian... (more)

The still fresh after a paint job Lackawanna heritage unit leads a long NS 12Z north over the trestle in Troutville, VA.

With the sun setting behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, NS 275 crosses the James River Bridge as it heads into Lynchburg for a crew change

94g would cross the Roanoke River while make a run for Lynchburg with the Linwood crew pulling into Montview just before sun down.

A quartet of CSX GE's lead empty coal train E123 as it departs from Fulton Yard in Richmond, Virginia and begins its trek to the West Virginia coal fields after unloading at Newport News. The trai... (more)