Norfolk Southern 12Z (daily manifest from Roanoke, VA to Binghamton, NY) heading north across the James River at Natural Bridge Station, Virginia on Norfolk Southern's Roanoke District, east of Natural Bridge State Park on an overcast summer morning in Virginia's Southern Shenandoah Valley.
The Roanoke District is part the former Norfolk & Western mainline between Hagerstown, MD and Roanoke, VA, which roughly parallels the Interstate-81/U.S. 11 corridor through the valley. Here at Natural Bridge Station, the Roanoke District crosses the James River and CSX's James River Subdivision, former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline, with the Blue Ridge Mountains towering in the background.
6/22/2025
