272 clears the plant in downtown Oakvale, WV on the NS Christiansburg District on a nice, warm May night. With replacements already erected nearby, it won't be much longer until these N&W CPL sign... (more)

UP SD70M No. 5107 leads westbound manifest 195 through the small town of Oakvale, WV passing the classic N&W CPLs.

A westbound train rolls across the old Virginian Railway trestle in Oakvale, WV behind the fire department

With the sun beating down on the small town of Oakvale, West Virginia, a pair of Canadian Pacific AC4400's lead westbound empty coal train 755 over the crossover and past the former Norfolk and We... (more)

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.

A freshly painted C40-9 leads a eastbound manifest 179 past peak fall colors nears Oakvale, West Virginia.

This is number 2000! Was it really 32 years ago? EB train was carrying school children for short jaunts. The daisy pickers were nowhere to be found and a few of us hard core types had a great t... (more)

The Reading heritage unit leads a lengthy 18M through the town of Oakvale, W.Va. under a gloomy morning sky. A whole swarm of photographers were out to catch this train.

It's a crisp fall day and 611 is waiting for a signal, sitting on 300 PSI with not so much as a feather of steam, no hiss, quiet as electric, ready to give the school children aboard a free short ... (more)

This view looking through the broken glass in the window of the former N&W Oakvale depot finds an eastbound empty ballast train dropping downhill and crossing over from Main 2 to Main 1 to follow ... (more)

NS train 820 makes his way through Oakvale, WV by the old N&W Station.

U89 soars high above Oakvale heading over this massive trestle with empties in tow.

Westbound NS freight train 17M works uphill and through the tight curves on NS' Christiansburg District as it crosses Pigeon Creek near Oakvale on a snow Sunday afternoon in the mountains of South... (more)

NS 9510 pulls a loaded autorack train through Oakvale through 15 inches of snow!