Norfolk & Western 1218 thunders through the village of Happy Creek, Virginia on its way to Front Royal. It’s easy to understand why the people who lived near the rails were happy to see the demise... (more)

Norfolk & Western A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 shows off its articulation as it approaches the I-66 overpass near Markham, Virginia. This was an Alexandria – Front Royal excursion.

Never to be repeated. Well we can always hope that the 611 will run on the NS again someday but they sure aren't going to reinstall those signals. The N&W 611 gallops her way under some of her co... (more)

Norfolk & Western No. 382, simmers under a starry night awaiting a call to service. Might be some time, however, as this 4-8-0 is actually Strasburg Rail Road's No. 475 dressed as No. 382 - only ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 1218 races through the Rathole with a long passenger special.

The daily morning "Bakery" train is arriving at Indiana Sugars to switch loads and empties in 1983. This section of the former Wabash Railroad 4th District mainline is still in place and functiona... (more)

Seeing Double

Why have one Mastadon when you can have two? With a tripod and a little digital magic, that's what we got. Without moving the camera, Norfolk & Western '382' was reposi... (more)

When the Norfolk & Western took over the Wabash, it inherited a group of eight FM Train Masters that had been rebuilt with Alco 16-251B engines. N&W 3594 posed at Bellevue, OH, beneath the smokest... (more)

An impressive late-1960s sight at the Norfolk & Western's big yard at Bellevue, OH, was the trios of ex-Wabash FM Train Masters that worked the hump. These massive locomotives had been re-engined ... (more)

A pair of GEs are seen moving engine lite to pick up the adjacent coal train in Gary. Tom Golden photo.

N&W Simmers at Shaffers Crossing the night before two days of excursions out of Roanoke.

The NW 611 heads north by the old Dundee Tower in Danville, Va leading one of the many passenger excursions that year.

In the early 1970s, N&W power often ran through all the way to Oak Island on the Apollos and returned on other Buffalo trains. This is the only time my father saw six-axle N&W power on the LV. I... (more)

One of the ten Norfolk & Western (ex-Wabash) F7s leased by the Jersey Central in the early 1970s teamed up with the CNJ's own F7s to create this four-unit lashup at the Communipaw Avenue engine te... (more)

All Dressed Up……

When I last photographed Norfolk & Western RSD12 258, I did not expect to see it again, and ... (more)