Taken by Michael Ridenhour

The night hostler tends to N&W A Class 1218 before putting her down for a rest. Thanks to the Virginia Museum of Transportation and Lerro Productions for making scenes like this possible.

Virginia Museum of Transportation An N&W employee wheels a tool cart by NW 1218 during a Lerro Productions night photo session at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

N&W Y6a 2160 and class A 1219 are nose-to-nose rolling downgrade at Blue Ridge with an empty hopper train. I had also seen this unusual helper arrangement that August on one occasion. There were a... (more)

N&W Y6a 2157 hustles upgrade at Blue Ridge on a light engine move.

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.

N&W Y6b 2179 is running light eastbound early in the morning at Blue Ridge.

An NW excursion train rolls towards Fort Wayne, Indiana. Quite a number of people are hanging out the side of the cars. Those were the days.

N&W 611 blasts under the old coal tower at Vicker in December 1982 with an employee special in tow.

Bringing an "A" back to life.

Due to tight shooting conditions and while waiting in line to get to the lit side of the 1218 during night shoot at the O. Winston Link Museum, I noticed this angle with The Wachovia Tower providi... (more)

On its way to Atlanta 1218 slides past Sloss Furnace, one of Birmingham's oldest blast furnaces. The complex has been preserved as a museum, metal-artist center, concert venue, and very scary Hal... (more)

The sunlight was dramatic and the hills very lush as Y6a 2158 pushes the afternoon freight headed by two other Y6 locomotives.

Class A 1217 pulls upgrade with an eastbound merchandise train, probably no. 84, near the small overpass at Blue Ridge.