Monstrous doubled up Empty man NS 823 coming into the Star City Roanoke, Va at Furnace Crossing on very pleasant fall afternoon

Former Southern Railway 3282, leads a coal train preparing to head east to Norfolk on the former Virginian Railway mainline. In the background is the dilapidated Virginian Depot which has since be... (more)

We're standing under the Main St. SW bridge, between two of the world's greatest steam locomotives- N&W Class A No. 1218 on the left, and C&O H-8 No. 1604 on the right. The location is the old Roa... (more)

The cab section of NS 8661 is on display in front of Virginia Museum of Transportation.

NS locomotives stored at Roanoke.

Hundreds of locomotives are being stored at Roanoke as freight traffic drops during the pandemic.

Moving back home. On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, former Washington DC Capital Transit PCC 1470, was moved to the National Capital Trolley Museum from the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Today, Sa... (more)

The "Blue Hour" is setting in as the sun has dipped below the mountains to the west of Roanoke. Getting ready to head east is a mixed freight train lead by N&W 1744. The famous Blue Ridg... (more)

The sun is setting on the day as the NS V60 trash train heads out of Roanoke bound for the dump in Bradshaw, Va. A long hood forward SD40-2 leads the stinky train west through downtown.

View from the vestibule. Returning from an afternoon turn to Walton, VA, N&W 611 and train pass the west end of Roanoke yard. Waiting to go west are N&W C36-7 8518 and SD45 1811. Standing in the ... (more)

Lines of stored NS units at Roanoke, VA - September 2020

NS 15T knocks down Cloverdale on the Valley Line, where CPL signals are still in full service. The CPL signals are becoming increasingly rare now anymore. The Valley Line north out of Roanoke, Va ... (more)

It seems as if foreign power is making a slow and steady comeback onto NS, as these two units have just uncoupled from 6D4 and are being "taken to the house" from Roanoke's South Yard. ... (more)

A Norfolk Southern GE leads a Union Pacific unit on a westbound freight through Roanoke and past the marvelous Hotel Roanoke.

The Norfolk and Western big three sit together at the Virginia Transportation Museum. The lighting was difficult but I haven't seen an image of them together inside the museum shed on this website... (more)