N&W 611 puts on its own fireworks show as it climbs Christiansbug Mountain on the fourth of July.

J 611 glides downgrade through Shawsville, Virginia on her final return home to Roanoke to close a weekend of passenger excursions across home rails.

Storming through Shawsville

The afternoon excursion from Roanoke is well under way as the train passes through Shawsville, VA on a warm Summer afternoon. The 611 is still going... (more)

Marching upgrade near the hamlet of Shawsville, Viriginia, N&W J Class 611 puts on a show on home rails as the storm clouds start to migrate in.

611 crawls up the grade into Christiansburg!

Under a dreary sky, NS J-class, 611 makes some noise as it climbs the grade in Shawsville, VA on this rainy Summer afternoon.

611 rolls past an ancient iron N&W whistle post as she begins her trip down the grade from Christiansburg.

While waiting on the PC heritage unit to make its way down the Christiansburg District, the Southern heritage unit grinds up the grade and around the bends leading train I9G on a beautiful spring ... (more)

On a beautiful day out in the Blue Ridge Mountains NS 195 took my brother and I by surprise. As it rounded the corner at Shawsville Va and made it's way to use we quickly realized it was a ex Conr... (more)

Photographer- John S. Murray- from the 35 mm original Kodachrome slide. The 1987 NRHS Convention was a watershed moment for mainline steam in the late 1980's. What has commonly been referred to as... (more)

Still climbing Christiansburg Mountain, NS 189 crawls around a curve near Friendship Rd in Shawsville, Virginia on former N&W rails.

As he sun breaks through the clouds in Shawsville, CN 8932 thunders upgrade as westbound manifest train 189 climbs Christiansburg Grade on the former Norfolk and Western.

Photographer- Greg Stadter- from my personal collection. N&W Class "A" 1218 is shown here on her first excursion rounding a bend near Shawsville, VA on her way from Roanoke to Bluefi... (more)

On a slightly overcast morning on Christiansburg Mountain, A NS Veteran leads westbound empty coal drag upgrade through Shawsville.

Nearing the end of the crew run from Bluefield to Roanoke, a clean BNSF Warbonnet leads a heavy 272 downhill through the hamlet of Shawsville, Va., at sunset on a chilly Autumn evening along the C... (more)