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By:Nicholas DAmato
Dates:10/28/2008 - 10/28/2008
Album Info:Railfanning in the Star City
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NS 953 OCS
Title:  NS 953 OCS
Description:  A roundtrip OCS to Bristol is waiting on one final passenger before departing the old N&W station
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:37:55 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 5647(GP38-2)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
NS 953 OCS
Title:  NS 953 OCS
Description:  The sun chose to duck under just as the special was leaving the platform, but it's still a classic scene
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:37:55 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 5647(GP38-2)
Views:  457   Comments: 3
NS 953 OCS
Title:  NS 953 OCS
Description:  The OCS will have to navigate through the complex yard tracks of Roanoke before getting out onto the main
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:37:56 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 5647(GP38-2)
Views:  689   Comments: 1
NS local with caboose
Title:  NS local with caboose
Description:  I had to run down to the tracks just to get the grab shot. A local is shoving caboose-first toward the yard, while this pair of light engines sits on the near track.
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:37:57 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 8677(C39-8E)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
Eastbound autoracks
Title:  Eastbound autoracks
Description:  Headed past the east end shops
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:37:57 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 9533(C40-9W)
Views:  255   Comments: 1
UP Autorack
Title:  UP Autorack
Description:  Going by the NS employee gateway to the shops, with a pedestrian bridge over the canal on the right
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:37:58 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  138   Comments: 0
Intermodal in the yard
Title:  Intermodal in the yard
Description:  Glint light off light engines and the headend of what I believe was NS I2A, passing by Shaffers Crossing
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:37:59 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Views:  214   Comments: 0
N&W Sign
Title:  N&W Sign
Description:  Still warning trespassers
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:37:59 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Views:  182   Comments: 0
South Yard
Title:  South Yard
Description:  The ex-Virginian yard is never short of coal trains
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:38:00 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Views:  266   Comments: 0
Empty coal train
Title:  Empty coal train
Description:  This empty coal train is coming north from the Punkin' Vine line from Winston Salem
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:38:01 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
Downtown with coal train
Title:  Downtown with coal train
Description:  Coming from the lower left hand corner, you can see an empty coal train headed north into town on the Punkin' Vine
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:38:01 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Views:  258   Comments: 0
Switching the east end of the yard
Title:  Switching the east end of the yard
Description:  The 2nd unit on this train is a slug
Photo Date:  10/28/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 12:38:02 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 3078(GP40-2)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
Southbound on the Valley Line
Title:  Southbound on the Valley Line
Description:  A mixed freight is heading into Roanoke off the Valley Line from Hagerstown
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 1:03:04 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Views:  228   Comments: 2
EB Manifest
Title:  EB Manifest
Description:  Departing Roanoke heading out the Blue Ridge Sub toward Lynchburg
Photo Date:  11/2/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 1:03:05 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 2596(SD70M)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Meet at North Jefferson
Title:  Meet at North Jefferson
Description:  As the eastbound heads out of town, a northbound has come off the Punkin' Vine and heads into the yard
Photo Date:  11/2/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 1:03:02 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 9261(C40-9W)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Top View
Title:  Top View
Description:  The thoroughbred of transportation
Photo Date:  11/2/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 1:03:03 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 2596(SD70M)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Virginia Rail Walk
Title:  Virginia Rail Walk
Description:  An NS loco passes by a simple map of Virginia's rail network in downtown Roanoke
Photo Date:  11/2/2008  Upload Date: 11/14/2008 1:03:03 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Nicholas DAmato
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Locomotives:  NS 9109(C40-9W)
Views:  305   Comments: 0


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