8114 leads an empty ballast train east through Elliston, VA.

NS 19W rumbles west along the straight away in Elliston, VA with a BNSF H2 dash 9.

A Union Pacific SD70ACe is in the lead of NS 393 as it heads west over Cove Hollow Rd in Elliston, VA.

NS 61P rumbles by US 460 in Elliston, VA with a pair of CN motors.

NS 234 heads east along the straight stretch in Elliston, VA.

A Union Pacific GEVO leads manifest 18M east as it rolls past a tied town manifest with an ES44DC leader in Elliston, Virginia.

A grungy C6M rebuild leads hopper train NS 817 west through Elliston, VA just after nightfall.

Under the day's last light, NS 392 rolls by US 460 in Elliston, Va with an old paint D9 showing the way.

Eastbound manifest NS 392 kicks up snow as it races its way past the old tobacco barn at CP Kumis as it starts its home stretch into Roanoke on a bitterly cold and windy winter day.

The theme of foreign power continues here on the NS Christiansburg district today. A UP Tier 4 ACe leads NS 393 west by US 460 in Elliston, Va at sunset.

NS 202 rolls east through Elliston, Va on the Christiansburg district.

Manifest NS 352 rolls east in Elliston, Va by the "big tree" that has almost shed all of it's leaves. A UP ACe leads the train.

Eastbound intermodal NS 218 approaches the Cove Hollow Rd crossing as it parallels US 460 in Elliston with the Nickel Plate showing the way before the sun has come up.

Before the sun has come up over the mountains in Elliston, Va, a late hot shot intermodal NS 218 rumbles east. The Nickel Plate Road heritage unit is in charge today.

A pair of BNSF motors leads manifest NS 19M west through Elliston, Va as the last couple of minutes of sun shines down for the day.