End of the line for former Norfolk & Western SD45 1774. Sitting on a radial turntable track at Shaffers Crossing, the unit has been stripped of usable parts and awaits a trip to the scrap yard. Be... (more)

Lots of Firsts: NS 5642, the NS training first responders train, heads east of Roanoke in the early morning as the train pulls the brand NS Research Car NS 99 on its first test run toward Lynchbu... (more)

A BNSF dash 9 in H1 paint is sitting on the fueling track in Roanoke Virginia’s south yard after dark.

Diesel scrap and a little red boat...N&W GP9 743 and 797 are well on their way to oblivion in this shot of Cycle Systems Scrap Yard.

Built new by N&W in 1911, now awaiting an unlikely restoration.

Manifest NS 14Z makes its way out of Roanoke after a quick crew change with NS 1065 in the lead.

Victim of some long forgotten mishap, found in an old file and fodder for the morbid such as myself, I present a wreck.

The local switcher passes by the Roanoke Amtrak Station with four cars in tow. 6079 is former Norfolk & Western 6079 still going strong at 46 years old.

Ready to Go! N&W 1218 will shortly be towed out of the Roanoke Transportation Museum and then on to Birmingham Alabama to be overhauled. Sections of panel track have been laid into the museum fro... (more)

In some beautiful morning light, NS 28N makes its way out of Roanoke with the Conrail heritage unit in charge.

Lost Then Found. Chesapeake Western 662 (DS-4-4-660, Baldwin, 12/1946) spent its life on the CW until being retired in 1964, and was then sent to a scrap yard in Roanoke, Virginia to be cut... (more)

First generation diesels in the “Dead Line” in the former Virginian Railway yard in south Roanoke. SW1200RS 1202 is ex Illinois Terminal 776 built in November 1955. GP9 2491 is ex Nickel Plate... (more)

First generation diesels populate the "Dead Line" in the old Virginian Railway yard in south Roanoke. GP9 888 was built sometime in 1959. GP9 513 was built in November 1958 and was one of the Tusc... (more)

Amtrak train 171 is stopped and detraining passengers at its termination point of Roanoke, VA in light rain. The lead locomotive is Amtrak P-42DC 145, which wears the Phase III scheme.

Loaded potash train NS 60U slowly makes its way east toward South Yard in Roanoke, VA. A pair of Canadian National units lead the train through the “belt line”.