The Pullman car brings up the rear of the Westbound Pelican as it leaves Christiansburg, Virginia, bound for Radford where it will turn and return to Roanoke.
A westbound Norfolk Southern freight pops out of Montgomery Tunnel where it is immediately photographed by several dozen people. No, there is nothing special about this train -- everyone was waiti... (more)
Having not been from from NS country and a fan of coal, this train was a goody for me. It may not have had the best power leading, but what mattered to me, what that it was coal and in good light.... (more)
Almost to the top of Christiansburg Hill, N&W No. 611 blasts out of Montgomery Tunnel. Alas, the color position light signals that once stood at the west portal have been gone for almost a year.