Sunset on the Strasburg Railroad

Abingdon: 1956.

Sunlight glints off a westbound mixed train which doesn't phase this goat on a beautiful fall morning. A Lerro Productions charter.

N&W #382 gets the highball! A more)

A N&W local heads back to the yard. A Lerro Productions Charter.

A new day dawns on the Abingdon Branch of the N&W.

N&W #382 leads the Virginia Creeper through the rural countryside of Virginia just moments before sunrise. A scene recreated by Lerro Productions with N&W #475 dressed as the famed number three e... (more)

Sunrise on the Abingdon branch of the N&W, circa 1956. Wayback machine compliments of Lerro Productions and the Strasburg Railroad.

The sun has just risen above the horizon as NW leads a mixed train through the farms of southern Virginia. A Lerro Productions charter.

Starry starry night: A steam powered freight train on N&W's Abingdon branch passes a dairy farm late one night under a starry sky in Virginia. Lighting compliments of Lerro Productions.

Chores await, but mom has let me climb a tree to see the local freight bringing in more supplies. A Lerro Productions photo charter at Strasburg.

Dwarfed by her own smoke plume, N&W 382 leads the Virginia Creeper mixed freight back to East Strasburg station. A Lerro Productions photo charter.

N&W 382 and her crew get ready for a long night on the Lerro Productions photo charter.

N&W 382 pauses outside a dairy farm so the conductor can line the switch ahead into the yard. Lighting by Lerro Productions

N&W 382 pauses outside the engine house before backing down to it's consist in late afternoon sun. A Lerro Productions Charter.