The old Norfolk & Western train depot in Marion, Virginia. Built in 1904 in Queen Anne Style, it was converted into space for office and retail use in 1993-1994. It is an architectural gem!
The former Atlantic Coast Line dining car "Moultrie". This 36 seat dining car was manufactured by Pullman and delivered to the Atlantic Coast Line in 1950. It served on the New York to Miami run until 1971 when it was acquired by Amtrak. It continued in the same service until 1981, when it was purchased by a dinner excursion train in Virginia. Purchased by the Wautaga Railroad Chapter of the NRHS in 1989, it was upgraded and is available for railroad excursion rentals. Step inside and you are immediately immersed in a feeling of elegant rail travel of days gone by.
Built in 1892, Mathieson Chemical Works No 11 is the only surviving steam locomotive manufactured in the original Roanoke Machine Shops in Roanoke, Virginia. It was originally numbered Norfolk and Western No 305, but was sold to the Mathieson Alkali Corporation, of Saltville, Virginia in 1922. It was used by that company until its retirement in 1961, when it was donated to the town of Saltville, Virginia. It is also the oldest surviving Norfolk and Western steam locomotive. The town of Saltville has done a wonderful job of preserving this historical gem.
