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 Lithia, VA.

NS 11Z roars through a rock cut near Lithia, VA on a rainy morning. The Conrail heritage unit leads.

11Z passes the CPL signals at Ellis Run in the late afternoon on the H Line.

NS 578 rolls into Lithia having just knocked down a clear signal at CP Ellis Run.

NS 12Z breaks the silence in the lower Shenandoah valley as it clears CP Lithia with the still clean looking Southern Heritage unit making an appearance. The switch is still guarded by the old N&... (more)

The Southern heritage unit leads manifest NS 12Z north on the Roanoke district by one of the surviving CPL’s along the line. NS is in the process of slowly replacing these.

NS 12Z slices through Lithia cut on a rainy morning as Spring begins to show.

NS work train 90Z has just left Roanoke and is heading north towards Shenandoah on the Roanoke District. It was nice to see this train rolling through the beautiful Virginia summertime countrysid... (more)

Roanoke to Shenandoah manifest 304 swings into Lithia making a morning run North to Shenandoah.

The Norfolk & Western era CPLs stand guard at CP Ellis Run in Lithia under a star filled sky.

NS 12Z heads north past the old N&W CPL signals at Lithia, VA behind two Union Pacifics. The train is passing a siding, and the other set of CPLs guarding the north side of the CP can be seen on ... (more)

Lithia Local: NS local V81 heads north through Lithia, VA as the train continues north up toward Buchanan, VA located just a few miles north for some pickups. This train almost always has a 60E D... (more)

Southbound intermodal, NS 201, rushes by one of the classis N&W CPL's in Lithia, Virginia on the Roanoke district.

A dad and some kids watch this NS 16T train work north on the NS Roanoke District. The train passes a classic N&W signal at the south end of the siding called Lithia. This secondary route north o... (more)

Norfolk Southern coal train 780 passing through the small town of Lithia, Virginia.