West of Roanoke, most manifest and empty coal trains ran via the old N&W, like this freight is doing on a gray January morning. The roughly parallel ex-Virginian on the opposite bank of the New Ri... (more)

SCL GP40 1531 resting at Hamlet, NC in April 1973

Headed south on the Winston-Salem line, a geep drags a couple of cars across the ex-Virginian mainline.

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.

913 and crew are pulling out from the relative calm of the Winston-Salem line onto the congested mainline and shop area in downtown Roanoke

Southbound Auto-Train.

Norfolk and Western 335 and a GP-9 are performing final switching prior to heading down the Abingdon Branch to West Jefferson, NC.

Norfolk and Western 958 with a westbound hopper train passes stock pen in Narrows,VA

An ex NKP RS-3 sports its N&W paint at Lambert's Point, summer 1972

Former VGN H16-44 now sporting N&W colors works at Lambert's Point, VA during the summer of 1972.

Eastbound N&W train at Roanoke, VA || Feb 1974

N&W 1121 at Crewe, VA || Feb. 1973