BB 16 leads the dinner train eastbound through Little Rock Tunnel. This small 80 foot bore on the east slope of Afton mountain is one of the highlights of the scenery that the North Mountain Subdi... (more)
Mountain MAC: CSXT 4702 leads empty coal train CSX E200 westbound along the Buckingham Branch, as the train battles the fog as it roars up Afton Mountain.
Afton Awakenings: UP 7661 leads empty grain train CSX G102 westbound along the Buckingham Branch, as the sun begins to rise over Afton Mountain.
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.
