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 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 the engine house before backing down to it's consist in late afternoon sun. A Lerro Productions Charter.

A Norfolk & Western employee gives NW 382 some TLC before her afternoon run on the Abingdon Branch.

The Ma and Pa switcher is done for the night while the visitor from afar prepares to tuck in before returning home tomorrow. A Lerro Productions photo charter. (Maryland & Pennsylvania NW2 #81, ... (more)

Norfolk & Western's Train 202, affectionately known as "The Virginia Creeper", pulls into Damascus Station on a Saturday afternoon in February of 1956....nearly 3 hours late. The station a... (more)