Glenvar (East) WABUN (West) Singer
About midway between Singer and Porterfield, the Whitethorne district crosses over the Christiansburg district at Wabun on a through truss bridge. Just east of the crossing, both districts cross the Roanoke River on parallel trestles.

NS 9058
Train 811 hauls another trainload of empty hoppers back to Elmore for another load of 'West Virgina Gold', seen here approaching Roger Road in June 2005.

Train 185
Skip Salmon captured train 185 passing under the Whitethorne District overpass late on a November 2004 afternoon.

UP 9229 NS 8412
Train 274 rolls east behind a pair of Union Pacific locomotives in June 2004. Just minutes later on this overcast June 2004 afternoon, a former Conrail widecab takes train 51J west with a high-hood SD40-2 trailing.

NS 8865
Train 147 crosses the rain-swollen Roanoke River in April 2003.

Glenvar (East) WABUN (West) Singer
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