Devastating flood waters in November of 1985, brought destruction to the Roanoke Transportation Museum, then located in Wasena Park. The force of the water pushed C&O H-8 Allegheny, 1604 under the... (more)

Articulated - A picture is worth a thousand words. 1218 has been serviced at Auville Yard, on the Dry Fork Branch, and is leaving town via the west leg of the Iaeger Wye. She will continue the wes... (more)

Oh the diesel history captured in this photo! They served well for many years but for most of them time has run out. This was just some of the units stored in the former Virginian Railway yard in... (more)

End of the line for former N&W Alco C630 131. She and an unidentified sister are being cut up at Cycle Systems in Roanoke. The 3000 HP unit, built in 1966 and originally numbered 1131, spent her l... (more)

Devastating flood waters in November of 1985, brought destruction to the Roanoke Transportation Museum, then located in Wasena Park. The force of the water pushed C&O H-8 Allegheny, 1604 under the... (more)

NKP 765 is backing past the coaling tower toward her train at the Hinton Station. She was turned on the wye and serviced at Meadow Creek 12 miles to the west. This was standard procedure after the... (more)

Bridge to nowhere...This is all that's left of an industrial siding off the former Clinchfield RR just north of Marion NC. The siding served the American Thread Company, now known as Coats North A... (more)

The "Blue Hour" is setting in as the sun has dipped below the mountains to the west of Roanoke. Getting ready to head east is a mixed freight train lead by N&W 1744. The famous Blue Ridg... (more)

Deep in the heart of Norfolk & Western coal country, UP 3791 carries a message from UP corporate.

Ten months after the devastating flood that brought destruction to the Roanoke Transportation Museum, C&O H-8 Allegheny, 1604 is sitting at the Roanoke East End Shops where she has been cleaned up... (more)

Steam Fan Overload! NKP 587, N&W 611 and N&W 1218 make their way east through downtown Roanoke past the former N&W office building on the left. They will proceed east past the East End Shops and ... (more)

A Rare Find! While waiting in Thurmond for one of the 1987 New River Trains to pass through, I photographed this box car sitting beside the Engine Shed. It wasn't until recently that I came across... (more)

Night is falling at Hinton WV. We are cold, wet and tired but extremely happy. It's 1985 and we have been chasing a steam engine pulling a loaded coal train all day long in the snow! 614 has been ... (more)

Former N&W GP9, 776, has come to the end of the line. Partially visible under the number 776 is the old N&W circular script herald. First generation diesel scrap is almost as sad as steam engine ... (more)

The face only a Mother could love...The BQ23-7 was unique to the Seaboard Coast Line. 25 units were produced in 1978 and 1979. They had 4 axle trucks and were rated at 2250 H.P. The purpose for th... (more)