Photographer- George Povall from my collection. First day of the 1957 NRHS convention in Roanoke, VA finds J Class 4-8-4 #608. This engine may have just come off the eastbound leg of the Poca... (more)

Amongst the bullet-nosed fleet, roundhouse employees are momentarily distracted by the guy with a camera snapping their photo while working on J #608.

N&W #46, "The Tennessean," slides over Jefferson Street crossing. To the right is the Norfolk & Western General Office Bldg, a 1951 Dodge and a circa 1941 Mack bus in the Safety Motor Transit sch... (more)