The way it was, October 1986. 611 arrives back to Roanoke from a morning turn to Lynchburg. Major track work has been going on here to eliminate at-grade crossings of the Norfolk mainline and th... (more)

Conrail SD50, 6821, leads a westbound freight through downtown Roanoke. The distinctive building over the units is the former N&W office building. The former N&W East End Shops are in the center b... (more)

In its second day of public excursion service, the 1218 is coming from Shaffer's Crossing to couple ahead of a Lynchburg-bound special.

A variety of power stands before the newly restored Virginian Depot.

My late grandparents (on the left) give a sense of scale to two of the world's greatest steam locomotives- C&O H-8 No. 1604 and N&W Class A No. 1218. The location is the old Roanoke Transportatio... (more)

A westbound afternoon freight with Union Pacific SD70M # 4279 as the power passes by the Roanoke Station platform on the last day in March. This photograph was taken from the outdoor pedestrian br... (more)

An eastbound morning freight with Burlington Northern Santa Fe power passes by the Roanoke Station platform on the last day in March.

Eastbound Amtrak Train # 156 is about a mile into its trip after departing from Roanoke Station.

Coupled to a Norfolk Southern test car these units will struggle with a coal train on a test against Starkey Hill, south of Roanoke on the Winston Salem line. Also in the consist was a Brookville... (more)

Steam Fan Overload! NKP 587, N&W 611 and N&W 1218 make their way east through downtown Roanoke past the former N&W office building on the left. They will proceed east past the East End Shops and ... (more)

An RF&P E unit sits in storage at the Roanoke yard lashed up with an old Conrail still in it's paint. I am unsure of the future plans for this locomotive, but hopefully it will one day be restored... (more)

195 crosses over at Randolph Street, passing the Wells Fargo building.

The 8114 leads the NS 756 past Broadway. The train made 3 tries to climb Starkey Hill but stalled on each attempt, with the crew eventually taking the train back to the South Yard.

Ex SOO line SD60 number 6005 awaits it's fate near the Shaffer's Crossing shop in Roanoke.

Norfolk & Western's bicentennial unit, SD45 #1776, eases by the old NW passenger station (now home to the O. Winston Link Museum) in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, while being shuffled around town fr... (more)