1218 has just exited the 213 ft long Point Tunnel. This is the first of many tunnels she will pass through as she climbs the famous Southern Loops to Asheville, NC.
N&W #611 rumbles through the town of Christiansburg, VA passing the N&W depot originally built by the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad in 1868. Just behind that station, out of view, survives a 1906... (more)