A rare N&W GP38-2 (1 of 4) leads a manifest freight east through snow flurries on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line in 1983, and it's about to slam across the Elgin Joliet & Eas... (more)

A GP9 leads the Speno train slowly westward on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne line in 1981.

N&W 611 is northbound at Whittles, VA after having departed Greensboro, NC with “The Roanoker” heading to Hurt, VA to transfer off the Southern Railway onto the former Virginian on its way to ... (more)

N&W 611 is northbound from Danville, VA with “The Roanoker” on the former Southern Railway’s The Crescent route, going under US Hwy 29 in Blairs, VA. This is the first of two trips from Gre... (more)

After 21 years, and complete overhaul, N&W 611 is sitting outside NCTM Bob Julian Roundhouse receiving wax coating before making the move north back home to Roanoke, VA.

After having complete the loop around Andrew’s Geyser, N&W 611 is continue the climb to top of the grade at Ridgecrest, negotiating a series of loops and tunnels with “The Blue Ridge Special.�... (more)

Preparing to take on the famous Southern loops, N&W 611 is westbound ascending the grade with “The Blue Ridge Special” at the toe of the fill. In matter of minutes, the train will have climbe... (more)

The Cavalier flies through Appomattox county behind N&W 611. The CPLs here would only last a couple months longer before finally being replaced. While they may not be of 611's era, it was still gr... (more)

"Roanoke's Finest" ====== Obligatory shot of the iconic "611" from the site number panel turned stretched pano. Another one of few shots with the 5DsR from last weekend's 611... (more)

"Crossing Kate's Creek" ===== N&W 611 leads NS train 954 through a driving rain across Goodview trestle along the ex Virginian railway en route to Greensboro, North Carolina. April 23, 2017. Col... (more)

Norfolk & Western F7(A) 3660 ex-Wabash 1156A, the railroad inherited 103 F7As of Wabash heritage from the 1964 merger with that railroad. Photo part of my slide collection, no photographer liste... (more)

After having to stop a mile or so from this location for a signal, Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 #611 puts on quite a show of steam power, accelerating the train up to track speed in just a shor... (more)

Bluegrass Railway Museums N&W GP9 passes under a classic Southern Railway signal bridge that once stood over the CNO&TP in nearby Lexington.

We're at the Singer crossovers on the Norfolk and Western mainline, west of Roanoke. High short hood C628 1115 leads four other assorted units on a westbound manifest.

Norfolk & Western A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 approaches a signal bridge on the Southern main line at Barboursville, Virginia. While I don’t remember the train stopping, the smoke drifting ahead of the... (more)