Virginian box-cab electrics By | July 28, 2022 Email Newsletter Get the newest photos, videos, stories and more. Get Updates A trio of the Virginian Railway’s original box-cab electrics rolls downgrade with a freight at Oakdale, W.Va., in September 1953. The road electrified its main line between Mullens, W.Va., and Roanoke, Va., in the mid-1920s. Richard J. Cook photo