N&W FM 169 resting between assignments at Roanoke, VA || Feb 1974

N&W 418 with a GP at Radford, VA || February 1973

Eastbound N&W coal loads crossing the New River at Glen Lyn, VA behind two SDs, a GP and an Alco.

N&W 173 awaiting its next assignment at Elmore, WV - April 1971

N&W 152 awaiting its next work at Elmore, VA // April 1972

A pair of FM H24-66s lead a loaded coal train at Elmore, WVa in April 1971.

N&Ws Oak Hill switcher works at its namesake town with a FM H24-66 during the spring of 1971.

Norfolk & Western 250 is an Alco RSD-12 (Norfolk, Virginia - December 1982)

N&W Y6a 2157 pushes a coal drag headed by five EMD GP9 units. This was my final shot of Norfolk and Western steam in regular service.

N&W Y6a 2160 and class A 1219 are nose-to-nose rolling downgrade at Blue Ridge with an empty hopper train. I had also seen this unusual helper arrangement that August on one occasion. There were a... (more)

Y6a 2167 pushes hard on the wood-sheathed caboose of a coal drag pulled by a single Y6, number 2152.

A bit of hazy sunlight illuminates Y6a 2157 pushing a steel caboose on the freight led by class A 1217.

Class A 1217 pulls upgrade with an eastbound merchandise train, probably no. 84, near the small overpass at Blue Ridge.

An eastbound coal drag behind Y6 2129 and class A 1216 pull upgrade near the summit of the Blue Ridge grade. I met several other railfans on this trip and one of them must have been Jerry Carson ... (more)

Y6b 2179 is one of the newer engines and is on pusher duty this morning. The engine pushes a coal drag pulled by Y6 2129 and class A 1216. The level of water in the tender is evident in the August... (more)