The "Birmingham Special" slows for its stop at Monroe. Virtually nothing pictured here except for the main track still exists at this location, once a division point with a yard. Can you spot th... (more)
SR 8245 (Is it a GP 7, a GP 9, or a GP 18?) handles the Royal Hudson 4-6-2 #2839 around the wye at Monroe, VA. EVERYTHING in the background except for one main line track is gone now. The yard c... (more)
You're looking at what was once a Division Point on the Southern--the station was beyond the pile of ties, and the engine facility was across the (then double-track) main. Bulk of the yard was ah... (more)
The Ringling Bros Red Unit Circus holds at McIvor on the ex-SOU mainline, awaiting a crew to take the train west to Roanoke.
Backing onto train
Former Norfolk Southern Ry. GP18 switches the SR yard in Monroe, VA
Changing crews
Switching Yard
Crew change
