NS 1069 gallops west through Elliston, VA on her first run west of Roanoke in beautiful late afternoon light.

On its first run through Southwest Virginia, Virginian 1069 leads hopper train #821 through Shawsville, VA on a beautiful summer evening in July 2012

After a hard rain shower slammed the area, NS 272 roars east through Lurich, VA and past the old CPL's on a humid July afternoon.

After departing Roanoke minutes before, NS 958 charges through Wabun, VA with a Roanoke-Bristol excursion in tow.

NS 958 charges through Chillhowie, VA as a string of classic cars line the tracks during a car show on a humid July afternoon.

On a dark and dreary day in Dublin, VA, SOU 630 parades through town enroute to Knoxville for upcoming excursions this weekend.

A score of railfans line up for their photos of all 20 of the heritage engines sitting around the turntable. Thanks to NS and the Spencer Museum for putting on such a great event!

NS 8103 sits by other companions painted up in N&W paint for a family portrait on "Heritage Hill" in Spencer, NC. Thanks to NS and the Spencer Museum for putting on such a great event!

A few heritages bask in the late afternoon summer sun around the Spencer turntable. Thanks to NS and the Spencer Museum for putting on such a great event!

NS 1068 prepares to back into its track around the Spencer Turntable for the afternoon shoot. Thanks to NS and the Spencer Museum for putting on such a great event!

Steam on Christiansburg Mountain for the first time in 18 years! On the first run of the day, NS 958 blasts underneath the coaling tower at Vicker as the train sprints uphill for Christiansburg.

Steam on Christiansburg Mountain for the first time in 18 years! On the second run of the day, NS 984 blasts out of Montgomery Tunnel with SOU 630 leading the way on a blistering hot June afternoo... (more)

In this vista, NS 811 is pictured crawling up Christiansburg Mountain through beautiful Shawsville, VA on a pleasant June evening.

In the late evening light of June 27th, 2012, NS V38 prepares to top the hill at Christiansburg, VA with two old EMD's in notch 8.

NS 756 blasts into the town of Salem, VA with NS 8114 leading the way as Poor Mountain looms off behind the train.