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Crossbuck at Doswell Railroad Crossing. (Animation by John DeMajo)
 
1976 visit by the Southern Tom Thumb locomotive to Slidell, LA. for the American Bicentennial Celebration
 
 
Web Cam at Roanoke, Virginia Rail Center (Click image above to view camera)
 

Click here to listen to railroad radio communications from Chesterfield, VA.
 
One of the ways I plan to spend my retirement years is studying and riding the railroads that helped make this country the great nation that it is. On this page, I will continue to document my travels.
Topping Station, Virginia
 
The railroads have always played an important part in the development of the Commonwealth. This pre-Civil War map indicates the number of railroads that existed in 1855.
 
Richmond's union terminal is now a children's science museum
 
Richmond's Main Street Station is still an active rail center. Photos below are of the recently restored interior and loading area of the station
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Old switch engine at the Richmond Railroad Museum. Richmond will be getting a new train museum thanks to the Old Dominion Chapter of the NRHS. A former station building is being renovated to house exhibits, a library and archive, as well as rolling stock.
 
Amtrak Station at Hammond, Louisiana.
Click on photo above to see a brief video of Amtrak's Chicago bound
"City Of New Orleans" train arriving at the station
 
Williamsburg, VA. Transportation Center
 
Buckingham Branch Railroad Station at Dillwyn, VA.
Buckingham Branch locomotive #101 in maintenance area of the Dillwyn Yard
 
BB Locomotive #1 parked behind the Dillwyn Station
More BB rolling stock at the Dillwyn yard
 
Ride the historic Cass Railroad at Cass, West Virginia. Click the photo above
 
Historic station at Orange, VA.
 
ASHLAND STATION, Ashland, VA.
View videos of trains passing Ashland Station
AMTRAK North-Bound
CSX Railway Intermodal South-Bound
 

Train museum at Squash-A-Penny Junction, Doswell, Virginia

(Click the photo to see train on main line at Doswell Crossing)

 

 

 

Richmond's "Tripple-Crossing" is the only location in the world where three railroads can cross each other on different levels. (Photo by Sanford T. Terry)

WIG-WAG at grade crossing - Westwego, LA.