Eastbound intermodal NS 218 approaches the Cove Hollow Rd crossing as it parallels US 460 in Elliston with the Nickel Plate showing the way before the sun has come up.
Before the sun has come up over the mountains in Elliston, Va, a late hot shot intermodal NS 218 rumbles east. The Nickel Plate Road heritage unit is in charge today.
The ex Santa Fe War Bonnet still looks pretty good after 24 yrs as it passes the north entrance to Linwood Yard on its way to Norfolk Southern's intermodal facility in Charlotte, NC.
As the sun starts to rise on a cool March morning on the old Southern Piedmont Division, Norfolk Southern’s Southern heritage unit, dressed in the Southern Passenger paint scheme leads NS 218 so... (more)