Daniel Alls 128 pages softcover
The Norfolk Southern Christiansburg District: A Modern Mountain Railroad
takes a close up look of Norfolk Southern's Christiansburg district
mainline operation. We will begin the journey just outside of Roanoke,
Virginia's North yard and work our way west toward the end of the
district at the yard in Bluefield, West Virginia. In this 100-mile span
we will see many different types of trains tackle the famed
Christiansburg grade and the Charleston grade as they head to their
final destinations. We will see coal trains rolling back and forth out
of the coal fields of West Virginia as they head toward Norfolk,
Virginia, for export. There will be intermodal trains speeding east and
west moving goods that keep America going. There will also be many other
types of trains including freight, grain, and ethanol. These trains
will be seen passing through tunnels, soaring over trestles, and
meandering around mountains while moving America's goods back and forth.
There will also be some history mixed in of the towns the trains pass
through and even how the current railroad came to be.
