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Cycle Systems
EMD GP30 #2907
Scrapyard Switcher
Roanoke, VA. July 23, 2005

Oops! This derailment resulted when the brakes were bailed off of the cycle Systems Shop Switcher on a downgrade. The engine then rolled down the hill, over the scale, and crashed through the barrier holding the terrain back from a street. #2907 is an ex-N&W, nee NKP GP30 built without dynamic brakes and with the bell mounted in the nose. The unit was in original N&W Paint as recently as 2004.
Norfolk Southern
GE D9-40CW #9749
NS 763
Singer, VA. October 29, 2005

The first GE to be painted in Norfolk Southern's "Horsehead" scheme leads empty hopper train #763 around the broad curve at Singer, VA.
Norfolk Southern
EMD GP40 #1368
NS Roanoke Hump Set
Roanoke, VA. October 29, 2005

An aging GP40 leads a pair of RP-E4D slugs on one of Roanoke's Hump Sets. The slugs are former N&W GP9 and GP18 locomotives rebuilt by N&W.

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