NS 11Z finally makes its way into Roanoke with the 1069 on point.

With its work completed in the yard, Norfolk Southern manifest freight 12Z pulls east through downtown Roanoke, Virginia and passes by the Amtrak station. The train will stop and wait for a cab to... (more)

Pointed at Starkey Hill, that winding grade close to town that is the start of the "Pumpkin Vine" line to Winston Salem, NC. Due to proximity and a grade nearing 1.7% Starkey has been t... (more)

This is how the Wabash E8, 1009, appeared when on display at the Roanoke Transportation Museum at Wasena Park in Roanoke Virginia in September 1979. In November 1985, the museum would be devastate... (more)

Southern Town: NS 8099, the Southern Heritage Unit, leads intermodal train ND 279 westbound into Roanoke, Virginia, as it passes the old shops.

Manifest NS 19W comes into Roanoke on the Winston Salem district with the Wabash heritage unit leading.

The Conrail heritage unit leads manifest NS 19W into Roanoke, VA and by Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

The Southern heritage unit has just come to a stop in Roanoke’s South Yard with a loaded coal train.

After sitting tied down a few days on the Whitethorne district, NS 18W finally makes its way into Roanoke worth Pennsylvania heritage unit showing the way.

An ACe pulls NS 119 into Roanoke near control point Furnace Crossing.

AC44C6M 4722 leads NS 19W into Roanoke on the Winston Salem district.

A dash 9 has just come to a stop with a loaded coal train in South Yard (ex Virginian). The depot was restored in 2016.

Amtrak heads eastbound out of Roanoke with 161 on point.

A loaded coal train rumbles east along the Levisa branch in Mouthcard, Kentucky.

Amtrak 151 pulls into Roanoke with the Phase ll heritage unit leading. The brick building behind the train is the old Norfolk and Western east end shops. That’s where the 611 and 1218 were bui... (more)