Elliston is where the climb to Christiansburg starts in earnest.
There is a feed mill here that sometimes receives covered hoppers.
A GP50 leads a manifest train downgrade into Elliston in this photo from the early 1990s.
NS 951 Office Car Special about the pass under the 'new' US 460 overpass in Elliston. SD70Ms 2612 and 2622 lead business cars West Virginia, Alabama and Buena Vista. This train was also photographed at Shawsville.
In April 2003, an SD60 leads train 765 over the south fork of the
Roanoke River.
A repainted former Conrail SD40-2 on the V35 local pulls a
covered hopper from the Big Spring Mill spur in March 2003.
In February 2003, an SD60 brings train 162 east off the hill.
In February 2003, train 18M was lead by a dash-9 with a UP C44-9.
In early February 2003, 8703 eases train 184 down the grade into Elliston.
A former Conrail SD60I brings train 15T westbound in October 2002.
