The rear DPU of NS 15T shoves the train into Roanoke at sunset.

Downtown Roanoke sets the scene as the Lehigh Valley heritage unit leads NS 15T into town.

The Tennessee Alabama and Georgia RR heritage unit leads NS 18W southbound on the Winston Salem district over Electric Rd.

The Tennessee Alabama and Georgia RR heritage unit leads NS 18W south by Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

The mid day Amtrak has just dropped passengers off in Roanoke and is backing up to hit the wye to head to its parking place until the evening run back north.

NS 19M pauses in Roanoke with 1071 serving as DPU.

A local with an SD40-2 sits at the signal at JK in Roanoke as an eastbound coal drag eases by to head to Norfolk, VA.

Definitely unloved and probably sold south of the border this one sits in a long line of its fellows, doing nothing.

With the New York Central heritage unit in charge, grain train NS 50V crosses over Electric Road in Roanoke, VA along the Winston Salem district.

NS 11Z finally makes its way into Roanoke with the 1069 on point.

With its work completed in the yard, Norfolk Southern manifest freight 12Z pulls east through downtown Roanoke, Virginia and passes by the Amtrak station. The train will stop and wait for a cab to... (more)

Pointed at Starkey Hill, that winding grade close to town that is the start of the "Pumpkin Vine" line to Winston Salem, NC. Due to proximity and a grade nearing 1.7% Starkey has been t... (more)

This is how the Wabash E8, 1009, appeared when on display at the Roanoke Transportation Museum at Wasena Park in Roanoke Virginia in September 1979. In November 1985, the museum would be devastate... (more)

Southern Town: NS 8099, the Southern Heritage Unit, leads intermodal train ND 279 westbound into Roanoke, Virginia, as it passes the old shops.

Manifest NS 19W comes into Roanoke on the Winston Salem district with the Wabash heritage unit leading.