Norfolk & Western caboose No. 555091 restored and on display at Depot Square next to the Norfolk Southern tracks in Abingdon, Virginia. Built in August 1976, this 32P model caboose was in service for 31 years before being retired and donated to the town of Abingdon. It was moved to Depot Square in November 2008 and dedicated in June 2010. The former Mayer of Abingdon, Lois Humphreys (1998-2008) was instrumental in getting Norfolk Southern to donate the caboose to the town. The Humphreys family, having 200 years of combined service in the railroads, funded much of the restoration cost of NW 555091. It is situated in a beautifully appointed park between the old and newer "1904" train depots.
Norfolk and Western steam locomotive No. 433 in Abingdon, Virginia. A 4-8-0 engine, built by Baldwin locomotive works in 1907, it did service on the Virginia Creeper railroad, near the end of her service life. Affectionately known as "Molly", because she was a Class M locomotive, she was retired in 1958 and donated to the town of Abingdon, where she resides today. Only two Norfolk and Western class M locomotives survive today - the other still operates on the Strassburg Railroad in Strassburg, Pennsylvania.
The Copper Creek trestle near Clinchport, Virginia. The taller of these two trestles stands at 167 feet and was the tallest trestle on the east coast when it was built in 1908 by the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad. CSX railroad now owns the tall trestle and Norfolk Southern the shorter trestle. They were built to create quicker access to the coalfields of southwest Virginia and southeast Kentucky.
