NS 233 heads west through the Montgomery Tunnels on a cold January morning.

NS 8143, leading a westbound container train, exits Montgomery Tunnel at Montgomery Virginia.

Southern Tunnels: NS 8099, the Southern Heritage Unit, leads intermodal train NS 279 westbound out of the Montgomery tunnel in Montgomery, Virginia, along the NS Christiansburg District.

Westbound hoppers burst out of the smoke and fumes in the days of mixed consists. Spur to the right is generally used only by M of W. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Tunnel Time: NS 51Z led by NS 9701 charges west on the NS Christiansburg district, as the train exits the Montgomery, VA tunnels located at the N 284.6.

What a time this was. Steam returns to the NS mainline with an excursion westbound out of Roanoke. 630 came via TVRM.

815 emerges out of Montgomery Tunnel as it makes its way west towards Toms Creek with the Nickel Plate Road heritage unit in charge

A BNSF GE unit leads NS 60U west under interstate 81 in Montgomery, Va. This train sat for about 18 hours in Shawsville after having engine troubles.

Eastbound manifest NS 126 rushes east under foggy conditions at control point Montgomery with the Central of Georgia heritage unit leading the way.

Intermodal hot shot on Christiansburg grade exiting Montgomery Tunnel. As much as I have been enjoying the many super winter shots on RailPictures.net, its great to know the green of Spring is com... (more)

Norfolk & Western J 611 heads up Norfolk Southern train 957 as it coasts down Christiansburg Grade on the return to Roanoke shortly after exiting Montgomery Tunnel to round-out a day of Memorial D... (more)

Former N&W 8526 leads a string of empty hopper cars westbound out of Montgomery Tunnel.

Westbound hopper train 817 rolls out of the twin tunnels at Montgomery, headed Westbound towards Bristol.