Historic 1989 NRHS convention is over. The famous triple-headed run from Roanoke to Lynchburg has come to an end. NKP 587 is cut away from the train at the Woodall Rd. station.
Southbound SR train pauses at Charlottesville for a moment
Trio of Chessie System units brings a train of mtys through Charlottesville.
Weathered lettering of the Sales Department on the door of Southern Railway's Kemper Street Station in Lynchburg. The sales department vacated the building and moved into NW's building on Woodall... (more)
Two Chessie System GP40-2s in the curve just west of the west end of Reusens siding take mtys west
Coal hoppers from train 142 lie zigzagged across the right of way at Gilbert, VA, about 10 miles north of Charlottesville. Torrential rains the night before caused a washout at this location. Th... (more)
Two NW RS-11's, 388 and 343, idle with other units in the engine terminal in Williamson.
NW's big hook cleans up a derailment west of Williamson. This type of work is contracted out now, I suppose, to the Hulcher and the Cranemaster types.
Westbound NW GP38AC 4112 rounds the curve into the West End of Williamson.
NW GP38AC 4125, an ex-NKP RS-11, and a D&H U33C take Lake coal away from Williamson.
Ex-NKP GP7, NW 2408, and two Alcos and others await assignments in Williamson
Coal train trundles westbound through Borderland, WV surrounded by vibrant fall colors.
A snow-covered Williamson passenger station and the price of gasoline in January, 1978. Scene is much different now. Buildings across the street from the station are gone, replaced with a fire s... (more)
The morning sun shines brightly on snow covered cars and tracks in Williamson. Looking east toward East Fourth Avenue in the background.
Eastbound train off the Scioto Division glides past the Williamson passenger station during a snowstorm.