Well after nightfall, NS 276 glides down Christiansburg grade in Shawsville with foreign power.
The sound of AC traction GEs making track speed fill the night air as the headlights of southbound NS 11Z shine on a clear signal at Stuarts Draft.
A pocket of light shines into the valley lighting up NS 304 as they ease North through Arcadia.
NS 4001, the second AC44C6M ever built for NS, leads NS intermodal train 22A. The train is passing Shawsville, VA.
A dash 9 brings hopper train NS 811 west through Shawsville.
A westbound intermodal/manifest makes its way through John Farm in Shawsville with a C6M leader.
NS 710 at Natural Tunnel
After just swinging off the Pulaski District at Walton, NS 288 ducks under the old coaling tower at Vicker thundering upgrade to Christiansburg.
A pair of AC44C6M’s pull manifest NS 119 into Roanoke.
Two BNSF GEs charge up the grade at track speed with 811 in tow. It's been years since I've seen foreign power on a coal train so it was nice to see two big orange locomotives leading a train to ... (more)
BNSF and UP are leading manifest NS 119 west at Shawsville after nightfall.
A pair of H1 BNSF units provide the power for NS 126 as it rushes east through Shawsville after nightfall.
A Canadian Pacific and BNSF unit lead the charge of NS 18M has it thunders east through Shawsville, VA. This view is only possible on a cloudy day.
With a BNSF H2 dash 9 on point, hopper train NS 825 heads west through Christiansburg, VA at control point Pelton.
With a BNSF H2 dash 9 on point, hopper train NS 825 heads west through Shawsville, VA at control point Arthur.
