Three N&W EMDs roll through Northfork, WV in this March 1971 scene.
A N&W SD45 and Santa Fe SD40-2 have just passed State Line Tower as they head south on the former Nickel Plate mainline. Tom Golden photo.
This three unit lashup is westbound on the former Nickel Plate line, at a time when bright green vests and ditch lights were not required.
A trio of N&W SD45s leads a westbound at Park Street in Roanoke, February 1974
N&W 1535's headlights illuminate the mist of a cold, gray morning as a freight bound for Winston-Salem heads out.
Three westbounds lined up and ready to depart Roanoke in this November 1973 scene.
West of Roanoke, most manifest and empty coal trains ran via the old N&W, like this freight is doing on a gray January morning. The roughly parallel ex-Virginian on the opposite bank of the New Ri... (more)
N&W SD45 1759 running long hood forward at the west end of Roanoke, December 1972
Westbound N&W train arriving in Roanoke behind SD45 #1733.
N&W SDs and GPs lead an eastbound freight into the yard at Roanoke in this June 1973 scene.
Eastbound N&W coal loads crossing the New River at Glen Lyn, VA behind two SDs, a GP and an Alco.
N&W SD45 1724 leading an eastbound train running long hood forward, Roanoke, VA || November 1971
Southbound N&W train behind SD45 #1803 south of Martinsville, VA in the winter of '73.
An Eastbound D&H train with a NW SD-45 and a pair of ex RDG GP-39-2s. The flared radiator on the NW SD-45s actually looked decent running long hood forward.