Virginian electrics on borrowed time

Virginian electrics on borrowed time

By Angela Cotey | October 28, 2022

| Last updated on August 8, 2025


Two ex-Virginian Railway EL-C electrics roll a train of coal hoppers west of Roanoke, Va., in 1961. Norfolk & Western had absorbed the Virginian in 1959, and shut down the smaller road’s electric operations in 1962.
John Dziobko photo

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