It's the 2018 Big Lick Train Tug! As part of a fundraiser, teams get a shot at seeing how far they can "pull" the 611 in twenty seconds. Incidentally, "Big Lick" is the origina... (more)

After a successful weekend with a total of six excursions, N&W 611 rests at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in need of a good wash. The museum owns the locomotive which was restored under th... (more)

A reminder of the glory days of railroading, N&W 2156 sits on static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. The big articulated "Mallet" was built in the N&W Roanok... (more)

One of only two N&W Y class Mallets remaining. Y6a #2156 is on a 5 year loan to Virginia Museum of Transportation from the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. The other Y class is; Y3 #2050 at ... (more)

NW 1776- a high hood SD45 that was cosmetically restored in 2012 cuts an impressive stance at VMT.

N&W #41 (Formerly Chesapeake Western #11) is pulling the Candy Cane Express out of the yard, carrying parents and their little ones on a short ride up to Shaffer's Crossing and back. Thanks to the... (more)

Interior view of Norfolk & Western postal car #93 at the Virginia Transportation Museum in Roanoke, Virginia. This car was built in 1937 by the Bethlehem Steel Car Company.

Freshly restored 662 is one of two such units rescued from the scrap yard by Roanoke Chapter NRHS. Here it was posing for night shots before heading under the shed, where it remains today.

Have photographed this item many times yet the chances of seeing it restored slip farther and farther away each year. Sole surviving Roanoke-built Class M2c.

N&W 1218 sits on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA

An old ALCO T-6, now owned by the Roanoke Chapter NRHS, pulls short excursions for the VMT on Train Lover's day.

The Lone Survivor

After a successful weekend of excursions N&W 611 joins its sisters at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. A brief break in heavy cloud cover allowed for th... (more)

When 662 was originally put on display in the museum, the manufacture's name plate was missing. Something that I had not known even existed on this engine. It has since been added and after carefu... (more)

A retired Virginian EL-C sits in Roanoke pending sale to the New Haven Railroad. In the background, a PRR GG1 (#4919) on loan for testing on the N&W's Virginian line awaits assignment. Or - VGN #... (more)

Roanoke

N&W class Y6a #2156 sits by N&W class A #1218 each awaiting their next assignment. Built respectively in 1942 and 1943, No. 2156 will retire in 1959 after working the coal fields... (more)