Here's another fine shot from my collection, this one taken by the late Hank Stuart, Jr. This is N&W's daily Clinch Valley District passenger local number 5, arriving from Bluefield. During the sh... (more)
Two former Virginian Fairbanks Morse units now wear blue as they switch hopper cars at the vast N&W yard.
In nice light and cool morning air, the Independence Limited crosses above Bramwell, WV enroute from Bluefield, WV to Portsmouth, OH.
N&W 2-6-6-2 class Z1b #1470 at Roanoke, VA awaiting its next work in this July 1954 scene. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
One of the last 2 or 3 operational TMs shoves coal up the hill toward the Mullens shop.
Amongst the bullet-nosed fleet, roundhouse employees are momentarily distracted by the guy with a camera snapping their photo while working on J #608.
Y6a #2165 gets some maintainence at Shaffers Crossing. Sitting outside as seen through the window panes behind 2165, lurks another Y-class behemoth, Railroad: Norfolk & WesternLocomotive: Steam 2-8-8-2Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USALocomotive #: NW 2165Train ID: n/aPhoto Date: August 07, 1956
Classic N&W steam action in Roanoke in this Summer 1954 scene as train #46 rolls through downtown behind J-class #605. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
N&W RS-11 370 leads an eastbound at Park Street in Roanoke in this February 1973 scene.
N&W RS11 367 rests on a Sunday afternoon at Durham, NC awaiting it's return to work Monday morning.
The date is approximate. I was stationed at the Naval Amphibious Base for 6 months - Lambert's Point was a favorite place to relax. There was a park adjacent to this site.
A crew gets ready to cut their T-M loose from an SD and go work the yard.
An ex NKP RS-3 sports its N&W paint at Lambert's Point, summer 1972
N&W 449 resting in Roanoke, July 1954. Bob Drake photo, Tom Sink Collection.
N&W Alco T-6 #34 awaiting its next assignment at Lamberts Point || Nov 1974
