Nice looking simple gray scheme. This was a very long very low traffic density operation.
A very railroad-looking 70-Tonner
Eastbound N&W train behind RS-11 #378 ready to leave Park Street in Roanoke, Dec. 1972.
Former Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 No. 610 rolls a southbound Southern Railway excursion train through Covesville while passing a northbound Southern Ry freight train of "Big John" hopper cars.
Southern Railway FP7's 6141 and 6146 take Train 405 under Pennsylvania RR catenary and past RF&P's RO Tower at the north end of Potomac Yard.
A SCL switcher smokes up the Fall sky as it performs its switching duties at the north end of Collier Yard.
NF&D Alcos switching at Lawrenceville, VA in the summer of 1970.
C&O GP7 #5869 in Newport News, VA - August 1973
NF&D RS-11 #202 still showing its N&W colors at Danville, VA in August 1970. This engine was built in 1956 as Nickel Plate #560 and later became N&W 2560.
Chesapeake & Ohio GP7 No. 5863 waiting for its next assignment at Newport News, Va
The Southern Crescent at Alexandria, VA, with the George Washington Masonic Memorial in the background.
Norfolk Franklin & Danville RS-36 #1 and RS11 #201 at Lawrenceville, VA in 1970.
B&O GP40 3748 resting in Richmond's Fulton Yard, Sept. 1973.
A pair of Southern FP7s lead an excursion on the old Danville & Western at Martinsville, VA in 1976. The excursion began in Greensboro (NC) and ran north on the Southern, down the old D&W to Marti... (more)
