NS 288 makes its way east through Elliston, VA.

A BNSF duo leads NS 273 west through Elliston, VA.

An empty export hopper train rolls west through Elliston, VA with a dash 9 leader.

Empty Herzog ballast train NS 91Z heads east through Elliston, VA with 1066 in the lead.

Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 number 2175 leads a westbound 76 car freight near Elliston Virginia in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

BNSF leads intermodal NS 276 east through Elliston, VA.

A BNSF GEVO speeds east through Elliston, VA with manifest NS 18W.

NS 119 heads west through Elliston, VA with a UP tier 4 ACe.

An ES44DC leads an empty ethanol train west though Elliston, VA.

A Union Pacific ES44AC is in charge of NS 777 as it heads west through Elliston, VA.

A single dash 9 pulls a rail train west through Elliston, VA. It’s seen here splitting a pair of whistle posts before heading up christiansburg grade.

Manifest 13Z heads west through Elliston, VA with a C6M leader.

A BNSF GE is in charge of autorack train NS 11E as it heads west through Elliston, VA.

What better way to celebrate National Train Day than with a freshly painted heritage unit? NS coal train 746 rolls east through Elliston, VA with the Southern Heritage unit making its first reven... (more)

With the original Norfolk Southern heritage unit in charge, NS 13Z heads west through Elliston, VA.