The dogwoods are blooming along the Christiansburg district as train 189 grinds up the grade and rounds the bend in Shawsville.

Westbound mixed freight 189 is broad-sided by evening sun as it exits the tunnel and passes onto the huge viaduct at Coopers, just east of Bramwell, WV.

On a beautiful late summer afternoon, Southern 8099k leads westbound slop freight 189 off the famed Blue Ridge grade toward Roanoke passing the classic N&W CPLs at Webster, VA.

A very short 189 hustles upgrade through Shawsville, passing the wonderful countryside.

On a beautiful summer afternoon, freight train 189 passes a barn just outside of Narrows, Virginia with a EMD SD60 on the point.

Through Christiansburg proper, NS No. 189 passes the soon-to-be-replaced N&W CPL's on its dreary trek across the N&W mainline to Bluefield from Roanoke.

Westbound on NS' Christiansburg grade to Bluefield, Southern Railway heritage GE ES44AC leads No. 189 by one of the most notable photo locations on Christians grade at Shawsville.

In the last minutes of good sun light, CN 8932 leads 189 through Ingleside, West Virginia and between the iconic Norfolk and Western CPL's on the Christiansburg District.

With 12 miles remaining to Bluefield Yard, CN 8932 lugs westbound manifest NS 189 through a rock cut just west of Oakvale on former Norfolk and Western Rails.

Almost to Bluefield and ready for a re - crew, CN 8932 and another foreign visitor lead westbound manifest train between the iconic Willowtown Norfolk and Western CPL's on the Christiansburg Distr... (more)

Still climbing Christiansburg Mountain, NS 189 crawls around a curve near Friendship Rd in Shawsville, Virginia on former N&W rails.

As he sun breaks through the clouds in Shawsville, CN 8932 thunders upgrade as westbound manifest train 189 climbs Christiansburg Grade on the former Norfolk and Western.

After changing crews in Roanoke Yard, NS manifest train 189 continues its westbound journey as it curves through Wabun, Virginia on the former Norfolk and Western Railway.

Virginia Division train 189 passes a lone tree in a field of green as it climbs the grade up Christiansburg Mountain in Elliston, Va., away from Roanoke. 189 is a daily manifest freight operating ... (more)

The NS 39Q rolls west through Elliston side by side with the NS 233.