It’s a crisp Saturday after Thanksgiving along the Norfolk Southern Hagerstown District. Under a bright blue sky, Norfolk Southern Train 11Z comes “elephant style” past the old railroad ware... (more)

Paying Respects: NS 11Z heads southbound through Lewis Run, Virginia, as it passes a cemetery that holds Veterans. In the right side of the frame, the Lewis Run N&W CPLs can be seen.

Pkin Colors: 11Z navigates the tight curves of Raphine, Virginia, as it heads south toward Roanoke along the Shenandoah Valley, as the fall colors come to life.

A heavy 11Z descends past the former Norfolk and Western Signals at Pkin. The H Line still has multiple sets of CPL signals guarding the sidings along the line.

Vaughn Mix: NS 7610 leads mixed freight NS 11Z southbound through the N&W CPLs in Vaughn, Virginia, as the train makes a final push toward Shenandoah Yard.

Pkin Power: NS 3664 leads NS 11Z south past the N&W CPLs at Pkin, which are due to be taken down sometime later this year.

Drafting Power: NS 3664 leads NS 11Z south out of the siding, after meeting NS 12Z, past the N&W CPLs at Stuarts Draft, which are due to be taken down on May 30, as new signals, as seen in the ph... (more)

The sound of AC traction GEs making track speed fill the night air as the headlights of southbound NS 11Z shine on a clear signal at Stuarts Draft.

Vesuvius Vicinity: NS 1067 heads out of the siding onto the mainline at CP Vesuvius after having just met a northbound 12Z in the double track. Here, the train splits the N&W signals to head sout... (more)

The Waiting Game: NS 1067 holds at the south end of Shenandoah Yard, as the train waits for its crew to take the train south on the Shenandoah Valley to Roanoke, VA. This train took 3.5 days to g... (more)

Good as N&W: NS 1067, the Reading Heritage unit, that was just released from the shops in Altoona after getting washed and repainted, heads south through Stuarts Draft, Virginia, as NS 11Z contin... (more)

Golden light shines down on a freshly painted Reading heritage unit as it brings NS 11Z south through Buena Vista, VA.

With paint so fresh you can still smell it, the Reading heritage unit rolls south on the Roanoke district at control point PKIN with train 11Z.

Norfolk Southern Train 11Z rolls by the old depot in Boyce, Virginia. This depot was constructed by the Norfolk & Western Railway in 1912.

Country Manifesting: NS 11Z led by NS 1824 heads south through Shenandoah Junction, WV as the train heads closer toward the over under bridge with the CSX Cumberland Subdivision.