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On Christiansburg Grade
Mountains, tunnels, and grades were common on the Norfolk & Western Railroad. Whether in passenger or freight service, the N&W had specific locomotives designed especially for use on their railroad and the challenges it presented. Here a streamlined Class J locomotive pulls its train up the mountain. This scene with the rock wall recreates the grade up Christiansburg Mountain in a location just west of Roanoke, Virginia.
On Christiansburg Grade
Mountains, tunnels, and grades were common on the Norfolk & Western Railroad. Whether in passenger or freight service, the N&W had specific locomotives designed especially for use on their railroad and the challenges it presented. Here a streamlined Class J locomotive pulls its train up the mountain. This scene with the rock wall recreates the grade up Christiansburg Mountain in a location just west of Roanoke, Virginia.