The day is drawing to a close as NS 392 rushes east through Shawsville with one of the now numerous AC44C6M rebuilds on point.
Intermodal NS 23G glides down grade through Shawsville. A single sun flower adds some color as the train rolls by.
This John Deere tractor sits quite after a long, hot day of farming at John Farm in Shawsville, Va. Manifest NS 16T passes by in the late evening sun with a brand new, spotless AC44C6M leading the... (more)
Eastbound manifest NS 18M thunders east on the single track portion of the Christiansburg district. A battered Penn Central heritage unit leads the train as it approaches Walton.
A rare westbound train rolls over the Whitethorne district with the Lehigh Valley heritage unit in charge. Here NS 747 rolls over the West River Road crossing in Wabun, Va.
NS 19M is down to a crawl as it tackles the grade through Shawsville with a BNSF duo up front. The day's last light is upon us as the manifest continues west.
A pair of BNSF motors leads manifest NS 19M west through Elliston, Va as the last couple of minutes of sun shines down for the day.
A clean AC44C6M leads a long and slow NS 815 west over the Cove Hollow Rd crossing in Elliston, Va.
In a rare mainline appearance of an SD60e, NS 92Z rumbles up grade through Shawsville. The clean SD60e leads the Herzog ballast train west by John Farm.
SD70ACe 1188 leads a long NS 194 east through Elliston, Virginia. The blue 4001 trails second.
On an early summer morning, NS 16T races east across the straight stretch in Elliston, Va with the Central of Georgia heritage ES44AC showing the way.
The Central of Georgia heritage unit leads train NS 16T east through Shawsville, Va in some of the day's first light.
Before the sun has come up for the day, NS 16T rolls through control point Pelton in Christiansburg, Va. The Central of Georgia heritage unit leads the early morning charge.
Loaded coal train NS 810 thunders through Lafayette, Va on the Whitethorne district at sunset.
SD70ACC 1819 finds a pocket of sun light on a hot summer evening in Wabun, Va. It's leading a gravel train east toward Roanoke for a crew change.