Vicker (East) WALTON (West) Pepper
Walton is where the line from Roanoke meets the New River. The former N&W lines to Bluefield and Bristol split, with the line to Bluefield heading downsteam (north) along the New River, and the Briston line heading upstream to Plum Creek and Radford. The two diverging routes are directly connected by the third leg of a wye.

Train S21
A pair of former Southern Railway high hood GP38-2s lead a younger EMD cousin on train S21 as a late summer shower starts to fall in September 2004.

BNSF 9498 NS 1650
Late in the day on an April 2004 Saturday, train 236 was lead by a pair of BN 'executive' SD70MACs. (Thanks to Heavy Duty for the tip.) Earlier in the day, former Norfolk & Western SD40-2 1650, along with another ex-N&W SD40-2 and an HLCX ex-MPI SD40M-2 (SD45 rebuilt to sd40-2 specs) takes train 817 back to Norton.

NS 6774
A blue ex-Conrail SD60M leads train 277 out of the morning fog in September 2003. The fog was so heavy, the headlights were not visible until the train popped out from behind the cut of empty hoppers in the center siding.

NS 9444 NS 2547
A catfish leads train 16T between the signals adjacent to the Walton road crossing in July 2003. Later that month, an SD70 leads a work train toward Radford past empty hopper train 763 waiting on a pair of eastbound trains.

 
NS 8764
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey "blue unit" circus train rolls through Walton on an rainy evening in April 2003. This train is also pictured on the Green Hill page.

UP 2472 UP 2472 UP 2472
SD60M UP 2472 leads eastbound train 125 around the southern leg of the wye in January 2003, having just passed through Radford. As it heads onto Main 1 of the double track line to Roanoke, it passes a LORAM rail grinder waiting at the signals.

NS 8692 NS 8692
Westbound train 17M eases downhill between the signals for the Walton crossovers in November 2002.

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