Several loaded trains await crews at the South Yard with the almost restored Virginian Station looking better than ever. The old catenary poles from the Virginian days can still be seen standing.
NS 352 heads south on the Winston-Salem District during December 1997. In this scene the SD40-2/SD50/C30-7 consist is just over the crest of Starkey Hill at MP 11.
Rows of decommissioned GP-38-2's sit along side a new batch of CSX coal hoppers in the West Yard while the NS 23G heads east. In the background the Conrail painted former Erie SDP45 sits.
A Pullman porter takes a break as his train approaches Roanoke, Va., passing through the Norfolk & Western's Shaffer's Crossing engine facility. In reality, this is a photo shoot at the Virginia M... (more)