Making a brief stop in Irondale, NS engine #9487 is moments away from throttling up and blowing its air horn as it heads east. There's a train exiting Norris Yard also on this late night.
Morning fog covers an empty coal trains path, as it travels the long straight track through Roanoke. The house track holds some gondolas today, but on many occasions MoW Equipment calls its track... (more)
On a rainy day in Irondale, trains keep moving over the mainline and work at Norris Yard continues as usual. A brief appearance by yard power, NS EMD SD40-2 locomotives (6192 - 6080) and a yard s... (more)
A sight normally seen only by signal maintainers, is on display here before this colorlight is scrapped. Incandescent bulbs provide the light that glow behind colored lenses letting train crews a... (more)