Westbound on a beautiful Spring day.
Coming uphill after passing the old N&W Depot
With a temperature of 20, the 16T rolls through Meadowview, VA at track speed blowing any loose powder from the rail and creating a wind chill of around zero.
The 15T, which usually is a night train, coasts through Meadowview and kicks up a little powder, after a snowstorm that dumped 11 inches the night before.
The 22A kicks up some powder, as it rolls through Meadowview in the first snowfall of the year in the Southwest Virginia region.
Now I'm not normally a guy who worries a lot about where the train started on where it ends up, just where and when I can get a shot. This trains number is not one of the ordinary things we see. ... (more)
The old V&T was engineered in the Civil War era and didn't have the benefit of N&W vast amounts of capital so the route "undulated" a bit. Here the eastbound ECP-equipped coal train (722 or 724) i... (more)
Little old Meadowview is trying to revitalize.
NS 23G seen here from the platform of the old N&W Depot at Meadowview, VA.
23G rolls through the peaceful town of Meadowview on a hot day in June.
NS 16T has ran around 111 and is about to meet an I2A that has waited back for the meet with this hot 16T.
NS 16T, designated a key train today, heads east on a nice spring day by the Post Office at Meadowview, VA.
