The DOMINION passes by with observation car Tweedsmuir Park bringing up the rear.

Canadian-built FP7 units depart Montreal West on the last leg of train 8, DOMINION, from Vancouver, B.C..

N&W Y6a 2157 pushes a coal drag headed by five EMD GP9 units. This was my final shot of Norfolk and Western steam in regular service.

Five N&W GP9 units pass under the " photographers bridge " with an eastbound coal drag.

N&W Y6b 2179 and Y6a 2157 roll down the Blue Ridge grade in reverse during a light engine move.

Famous class A 1218 struggles up the Blue Ridge grade with an eastbound freight while a leased RF&P EMD E8 rolls downgrade with the POWHATAN ARROW.

N&W Y6a 2160 and class A 1219 are nose-to-nose rolling downgrade at Blue Ridge with an empty hopper train. I had also seen this unusual helper arrangement that August on one occasion. There were a... (more)

N&W Y6a 2157 hustles upgrade at Blue Ridge on a light engine move.

N&W Y6a 1258 and class A 1221 have crested the Blue Ridge grade with eastbound coal and are rolling downgrade at Villamont in the morning.

We paid a brief visit to the Virginian Railway engine terminal below Mill Mountain after spending the day on the N&W.

A hostler fills the tank of a Y6 at Shaffers Crossing engine terminal.

Norfolk and Western freight power is well represented at Shaffers Crossing. Class A 1221 faces Y6b 2173 while EMD GP9 721 sits nearby.

Leased RF&P E8 1014 drifts down the Blue Ridge grade with tr. 25, POWHATAN ARROW. The class J 4-8-4s were mostly in standby or freight service after N&W President Stuart Saunders decided to hurry ... (more)

Class A 1210 passes between position light signals with a westbound freight downgrade to Roanoke.

Class A 1221 is steaming nicely as it passes beneath the bridge at Blue Ridge with a westbound empty hopper train.