A rare westbound heads up the ex VGN through beautiful Kumis, VA.
A ballast train works westbound on the former Virginian - a somewhat rare sight on an almost all eastbound running stretch of railroad.
Eastbound Virginian coal loads at Kumiss, VA in September 1961.
NS 844 heads east through Kumis and prepars to stop at Riverside.
An eastbound coal train rumbles east on the old Virginian at Kumis with an interesting assortment of power. RCO equipped SD40-2 6175 was followed by GP59 4618 and C39-8 8608.
EMD SD70M-2 demonstrator units 75 and 76 lead NS train 194 into Roanoke on the former Virginian.
