Lost Railroads of Roanoke Bus Trip

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On Saturday April 26th, the Virginia Railway Heritage Coalition will 
be hosting a bus tour of some of Roanoke's lost railroads.

Two trips will be provided with departures at 9am and 2pm. Each tour 
will last approximately 4 hours.

Departure will be from the O. Winston Link museum and will follow the 
Norfolk & Western west to locations such as the original roundhouse 
and current locomotive facilities. We'll then ride along the Catawba 
Branch, past Hanging Rock to the end of the original line on the 
mountain near MacAfees Gap. We'll take a short detour to see a small 
segment of the Valley railroad. Then we'll return and travel near the 
Virginian Railway and see locations of the original narrow gauge RR 
that hauled ore north from the Rorer Mine located between Roanoke and 
Mill Mountain to a long-lost transloading facility downtown near 13th 
Street. You'll see portions of the Roanoke Belt Line and the Roanoke 
and Southern RR (now the Pumpkin Vine/ Winston- Salem mainline). 
We'll pass the Virginian Railway's Roanoke Passenger Station, the 
Roanoke Railway & Electric carbarn and office building, the current 
Norfolk Southern office building and many other heritage locations 
all from the comfort of a restored bus provided by Commonwealth Coach 
and Trolley.

Tickets are $10 per person and are on sale through the

    O Winston Link Museum
    101 Shenandoah Ave.
    Roanoke, VA 24016
    (540) 982-5465


The following organizations are partners in the Virginia Railway 
Heritage Coalition:
    Blue Ridge Chapter - National Railway Historical Society
    C&O Historical Society
    N&W Historical Society
    O.Winston Link Museum
    Roanoke Chapter - National Railway Historical Society
    Virginia Museum of Transportation