A pair of C6M rebuilds pull loaded Herzog ballast train NS 92Z west over Friendship Rd in Shawsville, VA.
Phase IV #164 running north with Amtrak Northeast Regional P158-25 past an approach signal for an incoming southbound. Didn't take long for this newly painted unit's shine to wear off and collect ... (more)
NS 18M drops downgrade in a gloomy late June afternoon. The brilliant colors of the original Norfolk Southern heritage unit contrasted nicely with the fog and rain.
CSX T328 at Buttons Bluff
We found this single unit switching a work train along the main. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
The Southern heritage unit leads manifest NS 12Z north on the Roanoke district by one of the surviving CPL’s along the line. NS is in the process of slowly replacing these.
With the shiny Southern heritage unit in the lead, NS 12Z passes by the CPL in Cloverdale Va on the Roanoke district.
Norfolk Southern Train 25A comes meandering through the sea of crops just outside of The Plains, Virginia heading east on the NS B-Line.
The Southern heritage unit leads train 12Z through Arcadia, VA on a warm summer morning. The green of the engine blends pleasantly with the rolling hills of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
"Foreign Wings" lead NS Manifest 18M as it navigates the New River Valley during an uncommon pass on the Whitethorne District towards its stop in Roanoke, VA. Seen here passing through t... (more)
Storm clouds gather as a hopper train rushes west by John Farm in Shawsville, VA.
It's a muggy, dreary June morning on the Norfolk Southern B-Line. NS Train 274 comes rolling by the old passenger depot in town.
The original NS heritage unit leads 18M east under the old coaling tower in Vicker, VA on the Christiansburg district.
Horse Training: NS 5642, the Training First Responders GP38, heads east from Roanoke, as the engine heads a special 92G move with the research/geometry train in tow.
An old school "pre-horsehead" dash 9 leads Norfolk Southern Train 289 past the old passenger depot in The Plains, Virginia heading east on the B-Line.
