Pearisburg (East) NARROWS (West) Robinson
East of the town of Narrows is a massive trestle built in 1971, used to funnel eastbounds onto the Virginian. This bridge replaced the one at Kellysville used for the same purpose. The former VGN right-of-way between Glen Lyn and Narrows is now the eastbound lanes of US 460.

The Norfolk & Western's Narrows Branch started at Narrows and followed Wolf Creek southwest to Suiter, Virginia. It was first built a few miles up the creek to haul timber products to a tanery at Narrows. By 1912 the New River, Holdston and Western Railroad Company was operating as far as Rocky Gap, VA, and to Suiter by 1914. The Norfolk and Western purchased the NRH&W in 1919 and operated the line as their Narrows Branch until November 21, 1946.

The Norfolk and Western station is currently used by NS as a base for MoW vehicles.

West of the town of Narrows, Lurich Road parallels the tracks all the way to Glen Lyn.

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A 'mood shot' and a greyscale closeup of the Circus Train crossing the bridge from the Whitethorne District in April 2008.

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Train 763 heads back to the mines for an trainload of coal in April 2005.

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Train 814 crosses the New River to the Whitethorne District on a frigid (14 degrees) afternoon in January 2005.

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Robb Fisher photogrpahed 18M crossing the VA Route 61 overpass in July 2004. In October 2004, train 185 rounds the big curve approaching Horse Pen Road. Behind the first autorack above the house is where the Narrows Branch up Wolf Creek once diverged from the main.

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Train 765 rolls along Route 100 as it approaches the junction with the Whitethorne District in August 2004. A few minutes later, a pair of Union Pacific locomotives bring a loaded coal train east.

Circus Train Train 194
On a spring evening after a day of April showers, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train rounds the curve at Horse Pen Road on its trip to Charleston, WV in April 2004. New eastbound train 194 passes the circus train with a UP leader a minute later.

The circus train was also photographed a week later on its return trip at Pembroke, Radford, Dublin and Max Meadows.

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Eight years old Samuel Phillips captured this eastbound coal train approaching Stock Pen Mt. Road in March 2004.

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With the Celco plant providing a backdrop of steam to match the grey skies, train 185 sprints west after a December 2003 snowstorm. This train was also photographed at Ripplemead.

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East of Narrows, train 185 parallels Route 100 in November 2003. This train is also pictured at Oakvale.

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At Stock Pen Mt. Road, just north (track west) of Narrows, SD70M 2594 leads train 814 east in September 2003.

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A few miles east of Narrows, train 185 heads west in November 2002. The Celco plant across the river provides a distinctive background.

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One of NS's first ten SD70Ms brings an empty coal train west in September 2002. The yellow Ford "C" cab provides an interesting dichotomy with the modern locomotive.

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