N&W Around Christiansburg Virginia (1950s)
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Published 2024-05-20
N&W steam and some diesel at Christiansburg, Blacksburg and Walton Tower near Radford. The ride sequence is on the stub-end branch to Blacksburg. Unlike some of my other films that feature long gone lines only the Blacksburg branch is gone today.
All Comments (21)
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To them it was every-day railroading. But now all this is priceless! Thanks!
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Wow no freaking way I live about 20 minutes from this line! I also was a conductor over this line from 2014-2021
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Fantastic video. I have had the privilege and honor to see the j and I believe the A at Walton and ride to both Bluefield and Gladesprings thru Walton.First time I have seen bh tower in film I believe. Great place to watch trains.Thanks for Sharing.
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I didn’t realize how many RS11’s N&W had! The only one I ever saw “in the flesh” was being used one day on the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway in the late 70’s as the Lexington, NC switcher. We were headed out of town on vacation and saw it sitting at the depot on the house track. One 15 second glimpse as we passed, and never saw another! That switcher typically sported a N&W GP-9.
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The passenger train in the opening minutes may be #27-15, the westbound "Cavalier," which according to the June 1956 Official Guide carried a 10 roomette / 6 double bedroom sleeper from New York to Williamson; and the one from 2:30 to 3:15, #9, a Roanoke-Bristol local. And at 26:05, the very end, could be its Bristol-Roanoke opposite, #10. Just theorizing.
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My late great aunt and uncle lived about a block up Cambria street from the station . I would visit when I was a kid in the 1960s and remember hearing the trains coming upgrade at least 10 minutes before the gates went down
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Oops! On the ground. Let's try and get that front axle back on the rails before the trainmaster shows up. Nice footage of some smaller steam on the N&W and the big stuff too like the Y's and J's not to mention some early diesel power. Thanks for sharing!
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Hope You Realize What You Have Here, Dont Know Where You Found It But Its Priceless Thanks For Sharing It To The World.
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Brilliant, beautiful archival footage. Definitely buying you that coffee!
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Spectacular on so many levels! My dad and I drove from Radford to Christiansburg to watch Amtrak arrive behind E8’s around 1974; alas, it did not look like this by then. (new subscriber, Virginia)
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Yaay! Love seeing those N&W articulated locomotives!
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Brilliant video, thanks for presentation, from Germany
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As interesting as the motive power was in the '70s, the steam/diesel transition period in the '50s and early '60s was probably even more interesting to live through.
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Great presentation. Love the 1950s scenes and the soundtrack is like magic. You see, I ran the projector in Mr. Proctors Careers class and Mrs. Livingston's English class. ( 1970-72, Sharples Jr. High, Seattle WA)
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Outstanding footage!! Thank you!! Beyond beautiful!
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Wow what a world.
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Thank you for posting this!
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I read Virginia Rail is coming back to that line.soon.
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What was in the wooden barrels by the track at the junction?
