RailPictures.Net Photo: NW 605 Norfolk & Western Steam 4-8-4 at Roanoke, Virginia by Bob Drake [Collection of Tom Sink]
 
  Login · Sign Up 


Community Response Locomotive Details Location/Date of Photo
Views: 15,547     Favorited: 95
Since added on February 05, 2012

+ Add to Favorites

+ Subscribe

+ Add to Photo Album

+ Post a Photo Comment
     
» Norfolk & Western (more..)
» Steam 4-8-4 (more..)
» Unknown
» Roanoke, Virginia, USA (more..)
» July, 1954
Locomotive No./Train ID Photographer
» NW 605 (more..)
» NW 46 (more..)
» Bob Drake [Collection of Tom Sink] (more..)
Remarks & Notes 
Classic N&W steam action in Roanoke in this Summer 1954 scene as train #46 rolls through downtown behind J-class #605. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
Photo Comments (4) 


 User Photo Albums Containing this Photo (8)+ Add to Album
(Before & Early days) Amtrak & VIA Rail

Album created by member F1 Fan 98
Album Views: 42,104
What did passenger trains look like before Amtrak in America, and Via Rail in Canada? Find out in this album with 2,700+ Historical Photos from early passenger trains of North America from the 1900's up until the early years of Government passenger trains
Passenger Trains of the South Before Amtrak

Album created by member Ellis Simon
Album Views: 19,715
A colorful and diverse group of railroads operated passenger trains in the South that ranged from speedy limiteds like the Panama Limited and Silver Meteor to regional and branchline services.
Norfolk Southern -Norfolk Western - Southern

Album created by member rich
Album Views: 22,081
Norfolk & Western

Album created by member Rod Clark
Album Views: 22,718
Railroads in Virginia

Album created by member Jonah
Album Views: 17,550
Great photos from the State of Virginia
Steam in service

Album created by member ollie
Album Views: 147,437
North American Trains

Album created by member Pete Boor
Album Views: 378,992
1950s and 1960s virginia

Album created by member earl thomas jr
Album Views: 42,523
just as the 1970s were a good era in virginia railroading, the 1950s and 1960s were just as colorful as the 1970s were. this a tribute to the days of simple railroading and why it served as a basis of what it is today.
Add to Photo Album or Get Your Own Photo Album


EXIF Data for this photo: [What's this?]

This image contains EXIF headers - Click Here to show the data.

Photo Copyright © 2012 Bob Drake [Collection of Tom Sink]. All Rights Reserved. Photo Usage Policy
This website Copyright © 2002-2026. All Rights Reserved.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information