N&W 611 climbs Christiansburg Grade once again, passing through the former site of "Little Tunnel" which was daylighted around 1989.

Norfolk & Western leads the westbound Pocahontas run through Shawsville on the way towards Walton

611 storms through the S-curve below Friendship Road on the upgrade climb towards Christiansburg. This spot was made famous by photographer Bob Lyndall when he photographed 611 here in the 1980s.... (more)

NS 29G and NW #611 race along side each other. NW #611 will pass NS 29G at 2nd crossing not pictured.

67 years to the day she was born, N&W 611 does what she was meant to do, climb the steep grades of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As she charges up Christiansburg Grade through the village of Shawsvill... (more)

The quiet, calmness of morning is briefly disrupted as N&W's Class J No. 611 works her way east down Christiansburg Mountain, as seen from atop the Shawsville Cut. This location used to be the sit... (more)

611 heads up the grade at Shawsville, as several hundred onlookers admire the engine.

N&W 611 fights upgrade east of Shawsville on a morning Walton turn excursion. May 29, 2017. The sound coming up the mountain was magnificent. There was a brief moment where I contemplated not even... (more)

The race is on! As the afternoon "Pocahontas" excursion departed Roanoke, so did NS intermodal train 29G. The two trains raced each other, side by side, from West Roanoke all the way up ... (more)

The beautifully restored "Silver Solarium" coach from the famous California Zephyr train had the honor of being the last coach on the NW 611 excursions out of Roanoke on Memorial Day Weekend of 20... (more)

NS manifest train 189 (Crewe, VA to Bellevue, OH) passes John Farm in Shawsville grinding up the grade of Christiansburg Mountain.

In a typical Southwest, Virginia scene Westbound intermodal train 217 (Charlotte, NC to Chicago, IL) charges up the grade at Shawsville while a farmer totally indifferent to the passing trains cut... (more)

N&W 611 brings "The Pocahontas" up the steep grade through Shawsville on the first of the long weekend runs to Walton.

I've been looking forward to shooting this location for over a month now! It was everything I'd hoped.

Eastbound intermodal train 23G (Louisville, KY to Norfolk, VA) takes on the Christiansburg grade with a lone DPU pushing the rear of the train.