Manifest 12Z heads north on the Roanoke district on a rainy morning. A very clean Conrail heritage unit leads the train by a CPL in Cloverdale, VA.

With the shiny Southern heritage unit in the lead, NS 12Z passes by the CPL in Cloverdale Va on the Roanoke district.

A freshly repainted UP AC44 brings up the rear of NS 14Z as it shoves the train northbound by the classic CPLs at Cloverdale.

Worming Toward the End: NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, leads NS 13Z down old N&W territory as the train passes the CPLs in Cloverdale, VA, as they continue their journey south tow... (more)

NS 11Z rumbles past the furthest south Norfolk and Western CPL on the Roanoke District as the sun sets. This is one of the last holdouts of these classic signals, but the sun is setting on them as... (more)

With a straight shot into Roanoke, 11Z hustles its train south at track speed past the N&W CPL signal at CP Cloverdale

A late 202 passes through the junction of the Cloverdale Branch, still with the CPL standing guard, just north of Roanoke.

DWARFED BY NIGHT One of only a small handful of US&S PL-4 dwarf signals, a favorite of the Norfolk & Western, lights up the ballast at Cloverdale just as it has for nearly eight decades.

A profile of the famous 759 steaming on the N&W. She's slowing for a meet with a manifest. For more classic rail views, click here.

Normally assigned to hotshot TV trains, this GP60 took a break from mainline service to work this MoW train.