With the sun right in the crew's eyes, 15T cruises west with an Oakway SD60 leaser in the lead...

NS 15T eases past the station at Bristol while trying to solve problems with the EOT on the rear.

NS 15T had problems with the EOT linking to the leading GMTX SD60 so they put this Dash 9 in the lead. Thus, creating the rare opportunity to see some long hood forward running in Bristol.

NS 15T crosses the New River at Radford as it makes its way southwest over the old N&W between Roanoke and Bristol.

NS 15T heads west through Shawsville at Basham Hollow Road on the climb up Christiansburg grade.

An early 15T heads west by MP 10 on the NS Lurgan Branch just as the sun begins to set with a nice standard cab Dash-8 leading.

Welcome to the Shenandoah Valley...you're not from around here, are you?

25 years after the merger, either someone apparently didn't get the memo...or that sign got a quality paint job from the N&W!

Crossing the South River

Southbound 15T is seen crossing a small creek just south of the control point at Arcadia. Canon EOS 50D

Two days after one of Roanoke's biggest snow storms of the past few decades, railroad activity is still relatively light. Here we see 15T rolling into town after battling drifts to the north.

Nocturnal train 15T makes a rare mid morning run south down the north end of the H-line bound for Birmingham, Alabama.

Southbound manifest 15T kicks up some snow.

The 15T, which usually is a night train, coasts through Meadowview and kicks up a little powder, after a snowstorm that dumped 11 inches the night before.