On a perfect fall day the Wabash heritage unit is in the lead of NS 819 heading back to Bluefield, Wv.

Southern 630 leads a Roanoke - Walton round trip excursion eastbound by the classic coaling tower at Vicker.

A westbound NS Train crawls up the grade as it exits the Montgomery Tunnel on Christiansburg Mountain. September 2012.

NS Train #234 with a trio of power rolls under the Vicker Coaling Tower headed eest towards the shipping ports of Virginia. September 2012.

NS Train #962 passes through the Vicker Coaling Tower with a pair of EMD's leading the charge. September 2012.

In the last light of the day, NS 821 rolls past the beauifully restored Cambria depot in Christiansburg, VA with gorgeous VGN 1069 leading the way.

In this vista, NS 811 is pictured crawling up Christiansburg Mountain through beautiful Shawsville, VA on a pleasant June evening.

In the late evening light of June 27th, 2012, NS V38 prepares to top the hill at Christiansburg, VA with two old EMD's in notch 8.

N&W Westbound Powhatan Arrow train #25 at Christiansburg, VA in June 1955 powered by J-class #600. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Near the spot where the Blacksburg branch once veered off the main, a quartet of EMDs smoke up the final slope into Christiansburg with a westbound freight.

Norfolk and Western 1218 and 611 pace each other up the Christiansburg Hill during the NRHS Convention on August 1, 1987. The ground shook as these mighty locomotives passed by. Oh to experience ... (more)

A pair of AC GEVO's charge through Christiansburg with a string of PGNX hoppers bound for Bluefield