SP 9 makes the last steam run on the SP narrow gauge, from Owenyo to Keeler and return. It was retained as a backup for the single diesel on the line, and that morning the diesel returned on a (st... (more)
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.
End of the line for N&W Alco C630 and four EMD GP9's.
135 was originally numbered 1135. Fortunately 1135 did not get scrapped and is now on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roa... (more)