With the grades and famous deep cuts of the CNO&TP behind her, 630 makes it's lash dash to Lexington with only High Bridge being the next landmark to traverse!
The Roanoke, VA to Spencer, NC move of Wabash 1009 and NW 611 rolls through the Virginia countryside.
One of Union Pacific's E-Units on display at the Streamliners at Spencer event.
The classic nose profiles of early E units on display at the Streamliners at Spencer event.
630 passes a small grave yard at Tateville, KY. Many grave stones were simply weathered rock with no writing. Some grave stones had dates preceding the establishment of the CNO&TP line through t... (more)
630 accelerates her train up to 40 MPH as she leans into a banked curve. For a brief moment, the diesel helpers disappear!
Hammer down at 40MPH as 630 leans into a banked curve in newly double tracked territory. The CNO&TP has many curves that bank allowing faster train speeds, a common sight on this well engineered ... (more)
The real star of the Streamliners event at center stage.
As folks ooh and ah over the diesels, the locomotive that started my railroad obsession soaks in the morning sun. Thankfully by the end of the NS Steam Program in 1994 I had logged almost 1500 mil... (more)
An almost angelic presence of railroaders past keeps an eye over the Streamliner Event. Look at the middle window pane, second row from top. Did not notice until I enlarged the image on my PC.
A grandfather and his granddaughter get a good show as 630 winds around a tight curve.
The 630 smokes her way across the massive Burnside Bridge. Thanks to a service stop at the yard a few hundred yards south of the bridge, she puts on a good show accelerating back up to 40 MPH. Th... (more)
Streamlined vs. unstreamlined.
Norfolk Southern 4271 and Iowa Pacific 4035
Aside from the day-glow green vest, this could have been a scene 40 years ago!
