N & W crews complained about these being slippery and they seemed banished to ex NKP/WAB tracks for many years but by the 90s they were roaming around. Here's one from when there was variety in c... (more)
A KCS ACe leads the charge of NS 64D as it thunders over the Northfork rd crossing on the Whitethorne district.
Manifest NS 13Z rushes west through Christiansburg, Va with 8114 in the lead.
A UP ACe, in its brand new paint scheme, pulls NS 13z west through Christiansburg at the crest of Christiansburg grade.
N&W 1218 and 611 doublehead back to Roanoke from Radford VA with one of the many trips run during the 1987 National Railway Historical Society Convention.
NS 814 has crested Christiansburg grade in a light snow with the NW heritage unit on “home rails”.
A single AC44C6M is in charge of NS 18M as it fights to the top of Charleston grade in Christiansburg, VA.
Christiansburg Curves: NS 288 heads east toward Christiansburg, as the train attacks the sharp curves heading into town.
NS 51D rolls west through Christiansburg, VA.
NS 65W rolls west through control point Pelton with foreign power.
A pair of Union Pacific motors pull NS 118 up Charleston grade in Christiansburg, VA.
A crusty Union Pacific GE leads manifest NS 19M west through Christiansburg, VA.
Manfiest NS 19W heads west through Christiansburg, VA with a BNSF GEVO on point.
The sun is very clost to setting for the day as an empty hopper train rushes west through Christiansburg, VA with an ACe leader.
An empty grainer rolls west through Christiansburg, VA near the Chrisman Mill Rd crossing with a dash 9 on point.
