Golden Hour at Shawsville
A westbound Norfolk Southern freight is photographed crawling up Christiansburg grade in Shawsville, VA, on a beautiful fall evening. I'm at the often-photographed location of Shawsville taking in a busy afternoon for the NS in the area. This scene is well-represented by many area photographers, but I was glad to get a look at it. The westbound here is working out of Roanoke for a crew change at Bluefield, WV, down the line. The Christiansburg district is one of NS' two heavy haul mains in the area into Roanoke. While this train was working west 5 other eastbound trains were taking the parallel former Virginian mainline into Roanoke on the easier grade.
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Golden Hour at Shawsville
A westbound Norfolk Southern freight is photographed crawling up Christiansburg grade in Shawsville, VA, on a beautiful fall evening. I'm at the often-photographed location of Shawsville taking in a busy afternoon for the NS in the area. This scene is well-represented by many area photographers, but I was glad to get a look at it. The westbound here is working out of Roanoke for a crew change at Bluefield, WV, down the line. The Christiansburg district is one of NS' two heavy haul mains in the area into Roanoke. While this train was working west 5 other eastbound trains were taking the parallel former Virginian mainline into Roanoke on the easier grade.
Thanks for looking!