The NS Roanoke District thru the Shenandoah Valley between Roanoke and Shenandoah still has original N&W era signals at the control points. Here we have hotshot train #202 rolling thru the north end of the siding at Sampson not long after sunrise. The train is carrying expedited traffic from Marion, AR, to Harrisburg, PA, and seems to be an early morning train on this line thru here. Sampson is a 5800 foot siding that is 28 miles south of Shenandoah, the next crew change for 202.
