Farm Colors: BNSF 7805 leads NS 119 west on the NS Christiansburg district through Shawsville, VA, as the colorful train begins its multi-hour journey toward Bluefield, WV.
NS 755 at Shawsville
A twofer at Montgomery. A hopper train with an ES44AC leader pops out of the main 1 portal as NS 29C can be seen through portal two.
The original Norfolk Southern heritage unit pops out of Montgomery Tunnel with train 13Z.
A Kansas City Southern de Mexico (now CPKCS) ES44AC shoves the rear of NS 19M just past control point Montgomery.
A Kansas City Southern de Mexico (now CPKCS) ES44AC shoves the rear of NS 19M west through Shawsville, VA.
A light rain falls as NS 119 slowly makes its way through Shawsville with foreign power. It passed by between 1 and 2 miles per hour in wet rails.
NS 19w rumbles up grade through Shawsville as it passes a westbound hopper train.
A UP ACe, in its brand new paint scheme, pulls NS 13z through control point Arthur in Shawsville, VA.
A UP ACe, in its brand new paint scheme, pulls NS 13z past John Farm in Shawsville, VA.
Well after nightfall, NS 276 glides down Christiansburg grade in Shawsville with foreign power.
NS 4001, the second AC44C6M ever built for NS, leads NS intermodal train 22A. The train is passing Shawsville, VA.
A dash 9 brings hopper train NS 811 west through Shawsville.
A westbound intermodal/manifest makes its way through John Farm in Shawsville with a C6M leader.
Two BNSF GEs charge up the grade at track speed with 811 in tow. It's been years since I've seen foreign power on a coal train so it was nice to see two big orange locomotives leading a train to ... (more)
