Deadheading to Bristol to run some excursions this WB is approaching the big split in routes just east of Radford.

A former Southern unit leads an empty hopper back to the coalfields and is crossing the crossover switch.

NS 18W comes east by the wye in Walton, VA with the NYC heritage on point.

A pair of SD40-2’s lead a short local westbound through the wye in Walton, VA.

A Union Pacific SD70M is in charge of NS 51X as it heads west through Walton, VA.

N&W 1218 with an empty hopper train on the middle pass track at Walton Virginia.

Autorack train NS 11E crosses from main 1 to main 2 at Walton with the PC in the lead.

A C6M and a UP 70M bring intermodal NS 279 west through Walton by a stopped Penn Central heritage unit.

Empty grain train NS 51X rolls west through Walton, Va with an old paint D9 on point.

Having just turned the wye at Walton, NS 958 with N&W 611 accelerates East back towards Roanoke.

Having turned the afternoon excursion on the nearby wye, the streamlined Northern begins the return to Roanoke with the crew watching ahead for the safety of dozens of rail fans.

The afternoon excursion has turned on the wye and now blasts off to return to Roanoke.

On an excursion from Bristol to Walton the mighty streamliner is slowing backing onto the East leg of the wye, the NS main to Roanoke. She will run back to Radford, load, and head west. Many yea... (more)

Local V33 at Walton, VA during March 2000 with an SD50 in command.

NS 751 pulls up to the Walton signals to briefly stop to wait for a green signal while 25N charges by on main 1.