NS 9241 assaults Christiansburg grade with empties for the West Virginia coal fields. Autumn color was great today.
NS V74 heads southbound to Rocky Mount on a beautiful Halloween afternoon.
NS V74 arrives in Starkey behind a blue ex-CR unit and an increasingly rare high-hood SD40-2.
Southbound NS 754 rounds negotiates one of many tight curves south of Starkey at 10mph.
NS 236 hustles eastbound out of Roanoke near the east end shops. Judging by the burnt panels, looks like 9389 was on fire recently!
NS V74 heads south to the Winston-Salem district on the Belt Line. The beautiful NS offices stand in the distance.
NS V74 northbound, with all EMD power, approaches Roanoke just north of Starkey.
NS P56, with a touch of blue, slows to a crawl on a HOT and hazy August day, as he passes the NS tie replacement gang.
NS 203 hustles southbound at Burke on a beautiful May afternoon.
VRE 329, w/ ex-METRA cars, ducks under the south signal bridge at Burke enroute to Manassas.
NS P56 "Rock Train" holds south of Burke while the crew checks a crossover switch that is not locking up in the plant.
VRE 329 departs Burke Centre with several $1 ex-METRA gallery cars in tow. VRE is stocking up on these so they can return the SOUNDER sets.
VRE 327 with a set of refurbished ex-METRA gallery cars, accelerates into Burke after departing Rolling Road.
BNSF 4994 leads NS train 203 southbound into the curve at the Robert's Pkwy overpass. Weather couldn't have been better.
NS 203 enters the plant at Burke, southbound, under a beautiful blue sky.