The engineer of class A 1216 looks back as his engine crawls upgrade behind Y6 2-8-8-2 2129 with coal. The safety valves of both engines have lifted as they near Blue Ridge station just around the... (more)

Y6 2152 pulls hard on an eastbound coal drag a few miles short of the summit at Blue Ridge. The smoke of Y6a pusher 2167 can be seen clearly on the rear.

Y6 2138 leads another downgrade at the Davis Rd. crossing in Bonsack with westbound empty hoppers.

We ran across the southbound mixed train behind K2a 129 waiting at Luray on our way home from Roanoke. The mixed was in the hole for a northbound freight that sped through behind a Y6b. The soft l... (more)

J 606 has the running gear cleaned in the wash rack.

J 606 is serviced and facing west in the afternoon at Shaffers Crossing. The shadow of the coaling tower is just creeping over the front of the engine but the J has a nice rods down pose.

S1a 0-8-0 232 is ready for work at Shaffers Crossing. This locomotive was only three years old at the time having been part of the final group built by Roanoke in 1953.

Class A 1230 sits next to J 601 at Shaffers Crossing engine terminal.

J 601 sits outside one of the lubritorium houses at Shaffers Crossing. The line poles are unfortunate but were an obstacle for some locomotive shots.

Y6 2154 sits at Shaffers Crossing facing west.

Famous class J 611 whistles for the Davis Rd. crossing at Bonsack while rolling downgrade with the Southern Ry. TENNESSEAN. The Blue Ridge Parkway now crosses over the railroad at this spot.

The first of the class J 4-8-4s pulls upgrade with the overnight POCAHONTAS from Cincinnati and Colombus for Norfolk.

J 603 rolls downgrade with a complete streamlined set of equipment on the POWHATAN ARROW bound for Cincinnati. This is the 4-8-4 featured in O. Winston Link's long recording of train 42 at Rural R... (more)

The last of the Y6a locomotives class runs light downgarde at Bonsack.

Class A 1238 rolls downgrade at a good clip with a westbound freight bound for Roanoke. This is one of my favorite shots as the fireman has just begun to stoke the fire adding contrast to the stea... (more)