S1a 0-8-0 232 is ready for work at Shaffers Crossing. This locomotive was only three years old at the time having been part of the final group built by Roanoke in 1953.
just as the 1970s were a good era in virginia railroading, the 1950s and 1960s were just as colorful as the 1970s were. this a tribute to the days of simple railroading and why it served as a basis of what it is today.