A pair of BNSF motors lead NS 277 westbound over US 460 in Montvale, VA.
On a gloomy morning in Montvale, Virginia Norfolk Southern manifest freight 18M rolls east as it crosses the bridge over the Lynchburg Salem Turnpike and slows as it approaches the next control po... (more)
Norfolk & Western 611 leads NS excursion train 956 by the Montvale signals
The classic N&W intermediates at Montvale frame up a westbound on a quiet night night some years ago. These signals have since been removed and N&W bracket intermediates are now entirely a thing o... (more)
While 611 is just getting started on its 2017 excursion season, a look back to 2016 shows us a view that is no longer possible with NS having replaced the CPL signals at Montvale.
611 just outside of Montvale on NS 956
"A Solid N&W Scene" The clouds begin to part as Norfolk and Western 611 splits the classic N&W CPL's in Montvale, Virginia along the former N&W Blue Ridge District.
An NS intermodal crosses over a US highway in Virginia.
Hustling down the grade from the Blue Ridge, the Lynchburg bound Powhatan Arrow led by N&W 611 blasts through Montvale, VA on it's eastbound trek on Sunday, May 8th, 2016 in a scene directly out o... (more)
N&W 611 split the the signals at Montvale as it heads east to Lynchburg.
An eastbound merchandise train splits the ex-Norfolk & Western color position light signals at Montvale between Roanoke and Bedford.
Norfolk & Western No. 611 splits the classic color position light signals at Montvale as it heads from Roanoke to Lynchburg. The clouds parted briefly 20 seconds before the train's arrival here.
N&W 611 cruises past the CPLs just west of Montvale on her return leg to Roanoke from Lynchburg, VA.
Leading an excursion back to Roanoke from Lynchburg, the J gets a running start for the climb over Blue Ridge grade ahead.