Cool mountain air and howling dynamic brakes set the scene as loaded grain train 54W emerges from the east portal of Merrimac Tunnel with NS 9747 & 9901 for power. The lead motor is the last of 85... (more)
The Pennsylvania heritage unit pops out of Merrimac tunnel on the Whitethorne district with coal train NS 776.
The Pennsylvania heritage pops out of Merrimac Tunnel on the Whitethorn with loaded coal train NS 786.
Tunnel Trek: NS 8101, the Central of Georgia Heritage Unit, leads loaded coal train NS 762 out of the Merrimac Tunnel along the NS Whitethorne District.
A rarely visited location in Merrimac, VA situated at the top of the grueling grade that starts at Whitethorne hosts eastbound loaded coal drag 762 struggling to keep the train rolling with the go... (more)
Virginian Railway train passing under the N&W Blacksburg Branch at Merrimac, VA in 1961.