An ACe is in charge of a westbound hopper train at control point Arthur in Shawsville, VA.

A dirty Monongahela heritage unit leads NS 29C west through Shawsville Cut along the Christiansburg district.

A BNSF H2 dash 9 leads NS 279 west through control point Montgomery in Shawsville, VA.

A BNSF H2 dash 9 leads NS 279 west through control point Arthur in Shawsville, VA.

A BNSF H2 dash 9 leads NS 279 west through control point Arthur in Shawsville, VA.

Shawsville Southern: NS 8099, the Southern Heritage Unit, leads intermodal train NS 279 westbound along the NS Christiansburg District through John Farm in Shawsville, Virginia.

A newer AC44C6M rebuild leads a grain hopper train west through Shawsville, VA.

The suns last rays of the day shine down on the Southern heritage unit as it rumbles west through Shawsville, VA.

An extra NS 597, NS Y97, heads west through Shawsville in early morning sun.

An old paint dash 9 leads hopper train NS 815 west through Shawsville cut.

Mountain congestion: intermodal NS 273 heads west up Christiansburg grade with a single C6M for power. The manifest is stopped, and will be for a while longer. The signals ahead of the trains is c... (more)

NS 189 climbs Christiansburg Mountain on Main Two at Shawsville with a memorable consist during May of 1999. Behind former SOU 3197 is ex-N&W 1603 (another straight natural blues SD40) followed by... (more)

The final day of 2023 finds NS 19W heading west in Shawsville, VA with a BNSF dash 9 leader.

NS 9705 leads westbound empty auto racks up the Christiansburg grade at Shawsville Virginia.

NS 13Z rumbles west through Shawsville, VA with a C6M on point.