A sunny December morning finds NS 118 thundering east through Salem, VA on the eastern end of the Christiansburg district.

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

NS 65W rolls west through control point Pelton with foreign power.

NS 65W rolls west out of Montgomery tunnel.

Foreign power pulls NS 65W west through control point Arthur on Shawsville, VA.

Union Pacific and CSX power bring empty ethanol train NS 65W west through Elliston, VA on the Christiansburg district.

After all of the foreign power had passed, NS continues the westbound parade with an NS ACe leader.

A pair of CSX motors power NS 13Z westbound through Shawsville after dark.

NS 19M overtakes NS 119 as they both thunder up Christiansburg mountain. A BNSF dash 9 in H2 paint leads 19M.

A Union Pacific ES44AC is in charge of manifest NS 119 as it slowly climbs the grade through Shawsville, VA just after dark.

Manifest NS 19W rolls west through Shawsville, VA.

Manifest NS 19W pounds over the New Town Road crossing in Shawsville as it heads west along the Christiansburg district.

With total darkness just minutes away, AC44C6M 4321 leads manifest 126 east through Shawsville by some Christmas lights along a fence at John Farm.

A Union Pacific GEVO and the Central of Georgia heritage unit pulls intermodal NS 271 east through Pepper, VA on the NS Christiansburg district.

A KCS de Mexico gray ghost is in charge of intermodal NS 273 as it heads west through Shawsville, VA after dark.