V77 prepares to enter yard limits at Winston-Salem, where they'll swap trains and head back to Martinsville.
After spending the entire morning working south from Martinsville, VA, V77 nears their turn point as they cut through Rural Hall.
A local rounds the sweeping curve near Fulp, NC behind two geeps.
V77 charges south for Winston-Salem with a big train from Martinsville.
A local winds their way south on the former N&W Winston-Salem District with a GP60 still wearing its as delivered "Thoroughbred" livery leading.
V77 rounds one of the many curves around Pine Hall on the Winston-Salem District.
A long local is stretched out in Madison as they work their way down the Pumpkin Vine main.
Martinsville, VA to Winston-Salem, NC turn V77 snakes off the siding at Stoneville, NC on the former N&W Winston-Salem District behind a couple GP60s. This line is nicknamed the "Pumpkin Vine... (more)
Hoppers on an empty coal train pass the lead GP60 of a local waiting for their passage on the siding at Stoneville.
A 757 empty coal train passes local V77 at Stoneville as fall colors provide a backdrop.
The V77 local creeps down the siding at Stoneville, where they'll meet an empty coal train.
V77 rounds one of the many S curves on the ex-N&W "Pumpkin Vine" as they approach Stoneville.
A pair of GP60s hustle south on train V77 on a cool fall morning in north-central NC.
The Martinsville to Winston-Salem local passes the VA/NC border sign between Ridgeway, VA and Price, NC with a long train in tow.
V77 hustles through Ridgeway with a GP60 still in its original thoroughbred livery leading.
