Local V74 backs into the siding at Blain (south end of Wirtz).
Local V74 heads south on the Winston line with four cars pulled by a nice pair of second generation EMD's, both of the Southern Railway variety. NS 5058 and NS 3288 (SD40-2).
Local V74 heads south between Starkey and Boones Mill. As always, V74 is running with "good" power today in the form of a B32-8 and SD40-2 (6128).
A five car V74 crosses the scenic bridge over Willow Branch Road as it heads south between Starkey and Boones Mill. Always dependable for interesting power, today's V74 is running with a GP60/B32-... (more)
Classic NS, high-hood EMDs and Southern boxcars.
NS V74, led by an all EMD lash-up coasts through downtown Roanoke, just north of the JK diamond. The NS office building rises high in the background.
Signs of spring are evident as local V74 struggles up 1.6% Starkey Hill at Broadway with just 2 units and 71 cars.
NS V74 crawls up to the diamond at JK, awaiting a signal south on the "Punkin Vine Line" to Rocky Mount and Winston-Salem.
NS V74 drifts southbound towards Rocky Mount after working at Starkey.
NS V74 heads southbound to Rocky Mount on a beautiful Halloween afternoon.
NS V74 arrives in Starkey behind a blue ex-CR unit and an increasingly rare high-hood SD40-2.
NS V74 heads south to the Winston-Salem district on the Belt Line. The beautiful NS offices stand in the distance.
NS V74 northbound, with all EMD power, approaches Roanoke just north of Starkey.
V74 takes the siding at Wirtz.
