The sun is setting on the day as the NS V60 trash train heads out of Roanoke bound for the dump in Bradshaw, Va. A long hood forward SD40-2 leads the stinky train west through downtown.
View from the vestibule. Returning from an afternoon turn to Walton, VA, N&W 611 and train pass the west end of Roanoke yard. Waiting to go west are N&W C36-7 8518 and SD45 1811. Standing in the ... (more)
NS 15T knocks down Cloverdale on the Valley Line, where CPL signals are still in full service. The CPL signals are becoming increasingly rare now anymore. The Valley Line north out of Roanoke, Va ... (more)
It seems as if foreign power is making a slow and steady comeback onto NS, as these two units have just uncoupled from 6D4 and are being "taken to the house" from Roanoke's South Yard. ... (more)