Westbound from Roanoke to Bristol with a ferry run, N&W 611 is just outside Glade Spring, Va. The engine will be turned on the wye with the old Saltville Branch, and towed into Bristol to be in pl... (more)

When presented with an invitation for a cab ride in N&W 1218, I didn't hesitate to accept. Engineer Jack Taylor is puffing on his ever-present pipe as we accelerate through Telford, TN with a Bris... (more)

N&W SD45 1726 leads a westbound empty into Christiansburg grade at Elliston, Virginia on a hot July 1983 afternoon. The NS merger is at hand but the above scene is pure Norfolk and Western.

Roanoke River Wayside on Rt 460 just west of Salem is one of the only places to catch action on the old N&W and Virginian as both lines cross a public highway just a few hundred yard apart. Here N... (more)

The Speno train slowly works its way west on the former Nickel Plate line.

The iconic N&W #611

In the hole at Glade Spring, VA waiting for a westbound to clear. Patience... the time is near!

Heading home. After being repainted by NS in Chattanooga, NW 1776 returns to the Virginia Museum of Transportation for a dedication ceremony the following day. A fitting scene for my 1776th... (more)

A Speno train waits in the yard as the TOFC freight accelerates eastward after a quick recrew on the ex Nickel Plate main.

Crew change time for this eastbound on the former Nickel Plate main.

An open style loaded autorack is visible back in the yard as a five unit lashup rolls west with a manifest on the former NKP. The curved track in the foreground is the EJ&E Porter line interchange... (more)

Rise and shine!  It's the start of a new day at the Strasburg Rail Road. No charter, no photo lines, just another day in August as the crew prepares #475, former N&W, to pick up an... (more)

Early Alcos on steam-bastion N&W meet at Pounding Mill, Va. on N&W's Clinch Valley line between Bluefield, W. Va. and Norton, Va. Eastbound RS-11 312 waits in the siding for 329 and its mates we... (more)

N&W's Train 111 "Banner Blue" leaves Chicago's Dearborn Station headed for St. Louis on May 16, 1967. Don't know the heritage of E-8 3812 --- likely Wabash? Chicago & Western Indiana 254 Alco... (more)