One of my early color images (from the two day Lerro Photo charter featuring #489 as #485).

DRG&W #489 subs as infamous DRG&W #485, back from the scrap yards after falling into the turntable pit in Salida in 1953. The engine returned to 2011, alas only for 24 hours.

Fond memories chasing the DRG&W with steam photographer John West and friends. Hard to believe it was only last week. bw

Side-by-side - N&W 611 and C&O 614 at rest under the VMT trainshed.

Class G1 #6, formerly N&W #352, was built by Baldwin in 1897 as a helper for N&W's Flat Top Mountain to Elkhorn Tunnel grade. It last operated on the Clinch Valley line out of Bluefield with its... (more)

An overnight Pocahontas train preps for the trip East to Norfolk, VA.

Night shift crew member checks out 1218.

A crew member lights a lantern prior to a pre-inspection of N&W 2-8-0 #6.

Both engineer and fireman take a moment at a station stop while passengers board a late night train bound for Norfolk, Virginia.

The Roanoke shop crew perform some minor work on N&W #1218 prior to her freight assignment.

Stop, look and listen! Motorist break for a late afternoon appearance of Wilmington and Western's #98 as it races past the grade crossing of Newport Gap Pike en route to Greenbank Station.... (more)

Its January, 1921 and the B&O Station Master has stepped outside into the firgid night air to flag down the B&O local for the few hardy passengers that will ride this train to the end of the branc... (more)

W&W #98 rounds Bridge 10C in a scene reminiscent of the line's days with the B&O Railroad in the 1880's which had also ran American 4-4-0's under the flag of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroa... (more)

W&W #98 rounds the bend and crosses Bridge 10C pushing what snow is left off as she goes.

#98 pulls a short passenger train through the "S" curve at Bridge 10C. The wet, heavy snow combined with the heavy Pullman cars made it a challenging day for the engineer. Thanks to the WWRR Cre... (more)