With paint so fresh you can still smell it, the Reading heritage unit rolls south on the Roanoke district at control point PKIN with train 11Z.

Norfolk Southern Train 11Z rolls by the old depot in Boyce, Virginia. This depot was constructed by the Norfolk & Western Railway in 1912.

Country Manifesting: NS 11Z led by NS 1824 heads south through Shenandoah Junction, WV as the train heads closer toward the over under bridge with the CSX Cumberland Subdivision.

N&W Squared: As 11Z headed south on old Norfolk & Western territory through the countryside of central Virginia, the train drew rail buffs from all over down to the line. Here, NS 8103 knocks dow... (more)

Maintenance of Waiting: NS 11Z led by NS 8103 the N&W heritage unit, sits at the private crossing just in front of CP Arcadia, as the train waits a plethora of MOW vehicles a few miles down the l... (more)

It's a cold December afternoon on the Potomac as Norfolk Southern train 11Z (Binghamton, NY-Knoxville, TN manifest) makes its daily journey over the trestle from Maryland into West Virginia!

The 11Z passes the Searchlights at the South End of New Milford Siding. The signals would be replaced soon after bringing the line further and further away from its former owner Canadian Pacific.

“Paint It Black”
With plenty of power at hand, easy work is made of pulling lengthy manifest 11Z (East Binghamton-Knoxville) west through the Franklin County farmlands of the Cumberl... (more)

On a beautiful summer afternoon, Norfolk Southern train 11Z works south through Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, southbound on the NS Hagerstown District through Limeton, Virginia.

Norfolk Southern train 11Z (Binghamton, PA-Roanoke, VA manifest) rolls through the fertile farmlands of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley southbound on the NS Hagerstown District in Spitler, Virginia. ... (more)

After a nicely timed rolling meet with northbound M2Z (extra 12Z), southbound manifest 11Z accelerates out of the valley and past the CPL's at Arcadia,VA.

11Z crosses the Holston River as they approach Sevier yard near Knoxville, TN along the former Southern Railway "A" line.

Norfolk Southern train 11Z (Binghamton, NY-Roanoke, VA manifest) rolls down the floor of the Shenandoah Valley through Page County, Virginia southbound on the NS Hagerstown District.

Norfolk Southern train 11Z (Binghamton, NY-Roanoke, VA manifest) crosses the Compton Trestle heading south on the NS Hagerstown District.

Southbound 11Z is seen passing the position lights at Crimora.