From the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation website: After many years of planning by the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) Roanoke Chapter, the Friends of t... (more)

611 simmers at the Shaffers Crossing Roundhouse.

N&W 611 and Nickel Plate 587 are backing their train past the East End Shops into Roanoke Station to unload passengers. They have just completed a run from Bluefield, WV. This was one of many succ... (more)

An old and battered work horse sits silently in the yard, while NS's current show ponies rest up on the fuel track before taking a train east to Norfolk or south to Winston-Salem

In May of 2016, the deadlines in Roanoke consisted of over 200 locomotives said to be retired. A large amount of what was there no longer is; this veteran SD60 included. Formerly a SOO Line, and l... (more)

There's just something about 4-axle GEs. N&W bought a huge bunch of them but they were always first to go into storage and last out. This one is probably waiting for its trip to sunny Mexico, th... (more)

Stalking the path of the former Virginian Railroad, Norfolk & Western 611 lines the Roanoke River with a trail of steam bearing a resemblance to a stream of cotton as the J Class works south throu... (more)

NS B32-8 sits dead and stripped of some of its parts at Norfolk Southern's Roanoke Shops. NS has since retired all of its B32-8 locomotives.

Norfolk and Western 611 shoves up the hill out of the Virginia Museum Transportation in Roanoke, ready for a ferry move to Spencer as NS train number 956, on a cold January 6, 2017 morning.

Making its inaugural run of 2017, Norfolk and Western 611 marches towards Spencer, NC for its annual inspection prior to a busy excursion season. Following the old Virginian route between Roanoke ... (more)

N&W #41 (Formerly Chesapeake Western #11) is pulling the Candy Cane Express out of the yard, carrying parents and their little ones on a short ride up to Shaffer's Crossing and back. Thanks to the... (more)

A string of EMD and some GE locomotive sit in Norfolk Southern's storage line at Roanoke, Va., during the morning hours of May 8. 2016 was a tough year for Class I railroads, idling older locomoti... (more)

Norfolk Southern GE B32-8 No. 524, formerly numbered NS 3524, sits in Progress Rail' Roanoke facility where it, along with a fleet of retired boxcars, are being scrapped. NS retired much of its B3... (more)

The scene as viewed about the 10th Street bridge in Roanoke, VA. A lot of Norfolk Southern Dash 8's and other EMD SD locomotives.

Adhesion testing on Starkey Hill with NS homebuilt SD70ACus. The tanks and hoses are for wet rail testing.