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For this week's cover story , J. Tobias Beard climbs aboard the James River Rambler, an excursion train for true railfans.

Some people really love trains. Railfans they call themselves. Train buffs. What the railway workers sometimes derogatorily call foamers because they foam at the mouth when they see a train.

A Pamplin man who officers said killed his wife and a man in the parking lot of a Prince Edward County nightclub before shooting himself remained in critical but stable condition yesterday.

In Prince Edward County, two people were shot and killed outside a nightclub, and deputies say the shooter then tried to take his own life.

Anyone of a certain age remembers fondly the children's story about "The Little Engine That Could." All he needed to do to pull his train over the mountain was to stay positive and say to himself, "I think I can, I think I can." Well, the Buckingham Branch Railroad is the little railroad that could.

Mr. Kevin Wright reported on a draft program to deal with long-term funding reductions.

The story is common: There just isn't enough money to go around. Last month, Kevin Wright, of the Virginia Department of Transportation, announced to the Nelson County Board of Supervisors that budget cuts at ...

Bridge inspections may cause delays for motorists in Buckingham County next week.