The Newport News section of the GEORGE WASHINGTON slows for a stop at Lee Hall.

A matched A-B-A set of EMD E8 units is stopped at Petersburg with the SILVER STAR late in the afternoon. This was the only time that I saw such a perfect three-unit set on the SCL.

Southern Rwy local with GP35 #2674 and a bay window caboose working between Martinsville and Fieldale, VA in the Summer of 1975

N&W eastbound preparing to depart Roanoke, February 1975 with GP9 #851 leading.

A trio of N&W SD45s leads a westbound at Park Street in Roanoke, February 1974

Southern Railway 5226 followed by three more geeps lug a loaded coal train (aka the "Yuma Turn") through downtown Appalachia. This particular GP38-2 was equipped with radio-control to operate "mid... (more)

Sperry Rail Service car #136 testing rail westbound at Blue Ridge, VA in this February 1971 scene.

It's a busy day in Roanoke, giving the engineer of 1137 a chance to enjoy a mild January day as he waits for the OK to make his next move.

Near the spot where the Blacksburg branch once veered off the main, a quartet of EMDs smoke up the final slope into Christiansburg with a westbound freight.

N&W 1535's headlights illuminate the mist of a cold, gray morning as a freight bound for Winston-Salem heads out.

Four Southern Rwy EMDs working at Appalachia, VA || June 1975

A pair of Clinchfield EMDs lead a southbound time freight through Boody, VA ||| April 1974

Leading an eastbound freight past the east leg of the wye leading to the Winston-Salem mainline, this GP9/GP35 duo displays two of N&W's many diesel schemes..

Three westbounds lined up and ready to depart Roanoke in this November 1973 scene.