The Westbound Pelican eases its way past Christiansburg as a plethora of people look on to watch a piece of history roll past.
The Sunday afternoon westbound Pelican Excursion train with N&W 4-8-4 #611 is seen heading westbound across the Roanoke River at railroad location Singer, where the Virginian Railway crossed the N... (more)
The Sunday morning westbound N&W #611 excursion train is seen departing Lynchburg as it passes two soon-to-be-replaced CPL signals on the Blue Ridge District. The train is has just finished its w... (more)
The 1218 is headed south to Lynchburg on a beautiful fall day, with its awesome "hoot" whistle sounding for a grade crossing. I've heard hoot whistles mounted on other locomotives such as the C&O... (more)
Westbound 957 passes through Shawsville, charging upgrade towards Christiansburg after a brief shower passed through.
Westbound 957 passes under the ex-Virginian Whitethorne District at Wabun, on the Westbound portion of the afternoon trip to Walton.
After picking up their personnel near Shaffers, the N&W 611 leads the 956 special through the crossovers at Randolph Street, crossing to the station to pick up the morning excursion passengers.
NS 957 with N&W 611 on point gets serviced in Roanoke
A lot of railfans await for NW #611 as the clouds thickened and as it approached the clouds parted for just a minute.
The Eastbound leg of the Saturday excursion to Lynchburg powers upgrade through Blue Ridge, passing the N&W CPL signals.
Eastbound excursion ducking underneath the signals at CP Bedford heading towards Lynchburg, VA.
NW 611 works its way downgrade past the old NW CPL signals at Blue Ridge, Virginia.
On a beautiful spring day, the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 sails over the Big Otter trestle leading the Powhatan Arrow back toward Roanoke for another round of evening excursions on the Christia... (more)