The same building now also houses the O. Winston Link Museum. It's a shame that you can't look out the window and see what's on this board, which is representative of the mid-1950s.
Norfolk and Western freight power is well represented at Shaffers Crossing. Class A 1221 faces Y6b 2173 while EMD GP9 721 sits nearby.
NS V04 heads east through downtown Roanoke behind two ex-NW SD40-2s. Renovated warehouses and the city's "Railwalk" (runs beside the railroad and connects the city market with the Virginia Museum ... (more)
NS 352 follows Tinker Creek out of downtown Roanoke as it departs eastward (and south) for Linwood, NC.
NS 40R has just crested Starkey Hill on its way south toward Winston-Salem. The pusher units (symbol V41) split the old N&W signals at MP R11 in a wonderful scene complete with southwestern VA mou... (more)
A collection of 4-axle yard job and local power of both the EMD and GE variety as seen from the Fifth Street bridge (Park Street) in downtown Roanoke. Note the nicely painted NS caboose at right.
More "common power" at the South Yard as seen from the Walnut Avenue bridge early in the morning. Left to right: 2736, 8455, 8971, 9318, 9742. The remains of the dilapidated former Virginian Railw... (more)
Cabless Genset # 2121.
Empty hoppers head west at Henry Street in downtown Roanoke behind a GP38-2 and SD70.
"Double South" 758 starts around the connection between the Virginian and the N&W Winston-Salem line while the Warehouse Crew (with NS 3236 and usual caboose on rear) holds up north of JK. The War... (more)
NS 8575 sometime during Summer 1996. I'm not sure if I took this picture or if my Dad, TL Scott, took it with my camera.
NS 1652 at Shaffers Crossing sometime during Summer 1996. I'm not sure if I took this picture or if my Dad, TL Scott, took it with my camera.
NS 352 heads south at JK behind a C30-7 and two SD40-2s. Today this location is single track and the old N&W signals are gone.
