Eastbound coal train at Salem, VA behind C36-7 #8523 || Feb. 1981
Eastbound NS loaded coal train a Salem, VA led by B32-8 #3529. || July 1999
The NS 8070 with the NS 8100 Nickel Plate Road leads the 758 through Salem, Va east to the South Yard in Roanoke.
A matched set of C30-7s accelerate a westbound empty out of Salem, Virginia bound for Bluefield
As if to underscore the compatible motive power philosophies of the two main NS predecessors, two high hood ex-N&W EMDs bracket two ex-Southern high hood EMDs hurrying a west bound manifest out of... (more)
Roanoke River Wayside on Rt 460 just west of Salem is one of the only places to catch action on the old N&W and Virginian as both lines cross a public highway just a few hundred yard apart. Here N... (more)
Having just left Roanoke, empty coal train #777 heads west with the Lehigh Valley Heritage Unit leading the way west.
Local V35 works around Salem, VA during the spring of 2000 with a high-nosed former N&W SD40-2.
The NS 21st Century Limited Steam program's TVRR Southern 2-8-0 #630 is seen rolling through Salem, VA on Sunday, July 1, with diesel assist after an overheated bearing the evening before raised c... (more)
NS 756 blasts into the town of Salem, VA with NS 8114 leading the way as Poor Mountain looms off behind the train.
An eastbound approaches Roanoke with an SD40, GP38, SF30C, C32-8 consist.
NS I18 nears Roanoke at it heads east through Salem on the former Virginian behind a pair of C36-7s.
N&W GP9 #500 leads #18 east of Salem, VA in this winter 1971 scene.
Work train 92V heads eastbound through Salem on the old Virginian with a B32-8 and SD40-2 leading an old NS AMERICAN crane.
NS V35 works around Salem with a classy looking former SOU SD40-2.