Dusty descent

Dusty descent

By Angela Cotey | December 18, 2020

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Norfolk & Western Pocahontas

Norfolk & Western’s Cincinnati–Norfolk Pocahontas descends Christiansburg Hill west of Roanoke in a cloud of dust on April 21, 1971. Ten days before its discontinuance upon the arrival of Amtrak, the “Pokey” still carries healthy head-end traffic and an ex-Wabash dome coach.
Photo by J. David Ingles

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