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Radford has a decent sized yard and is the home base for several locals that serve the New River Districts. The west end of the yard is easily and safely viewed from the municipal parking lot in downtown Radford.

Currently train V38 delivers incoming loads and returning empties for the other locals to distribute, returning outgoing cars to Roanoke. It usually operates after dark.

From July through December 2004, train 15T dropped off cars at Radford most evenings, often after dark, while train 111 picked up outgoing cars as necessary a few days a week. Between January 2003 and July 2004, this work was performed by train 162 (picked ups) and 163 (set outs). Before 2003, the set outs were done by train 112.

Train 112 NS 9051 NS 9616
Train 112 rolls through Radford in March 2005, passing milepost N 301 just west of the yard. The third track on the left is the yard switching lead. Earlier on the last day of February 2004, train 112 duplicates the scene in the snow.

NS 6630 Radford Signals
SD60 6630 is in charge of train 15T passing the signals bridges protecting the crossover at the west end of the Radford Yard in July 2004. The eastbound signals are also seen silhouetted against an evening sky two months later.

Circus Train
Rob Ervine photographed the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train passing under the signals in downtown Radford in April 2004.

The circus train was also photopraphed at Pembroke, Radford and Dublin.

NS 2617 Buena Vista Buena Vista
Office Car Special train 951 crosses the New River above the mist rising from the river mist on the morning of 11 September 2003. Clean and shiny SD70Ms 2617 and 2593 in horsehead paint lead office cars Claytor Lake, West Virginia, Alabama and 'theater-observation' car Buena Vista. This train is also pictured at Arthur.

NS 2595
Whiteface SD70M 2595 lead train 15T in September 2003.

UP 4501
Winged Union Pacific SD70M 4501 leads a Horsehead Dash-9 and an executive BNSF SD70MAC on train 15T in August 2003. This train was also photographed at Cambria.

NS 2575
SD70 2575 in the new paint scheme lead train 15T under the Radford signals in July 2003.
(This train was also photographed at Cambria..)

NS 2602
Brand-new primer SD70M 2602 was working in train 16T between JC and Radford, VA in June 2003.

UP 9769
Three Union Pacific units lead train 22A over the New River in March 2003.

NS 6739 NS 6739
With its class lights blanked out, SD60I 6739 leads train 112 out of Radford.

Autorack train on New River bridge SD40-2s in yard
In two scenes from the summer of 2002, a westbound autorack train crosses the New River bridge, and a lineup of SD40-2's sits in the yard.

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