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The Virginia Room Digital Collection includes photographs, oral histories, books, pamphlets and finding aids to items in the Virginia Room. Continue to check back for new additions.

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Underwood 2 Roanoke Looking West.jpg
Aerial view of Roanoke looking west

Underwood 26 N&W Shops.jpg
Aerial view of the Norfolk & Western Railway shops

Underwood 3 Downtown Looking Southwest.jpg
Aerial view of downtown Roanoke looking southwest

Underwood 6 N&W Shops.jpg
Aerial view of the Norfolk & Western Railway shops

Davis 4.211 American Viscose Parade.jpg
American Viscose employees with decorated car for World War I drive parade. Norfolk & Western shops visible in background.

Davis 4.212 American Viscose Parade.jpg
American Viscose employees with decorated car for a World War I drive parade. Norfolk & Western shops visible in background.

Davis 4.213 American Viscose Parade.jpg
American Viscose employees at a World War I drive parade. Norfolk & Western shops visible in background.

Davis 4.214 American Viscose Parade.jpg
American Viscose employees with decorated car for a World War I drive parade.

Scyphers23 N&W GP9.jpg
Norfolk & Western GP9 #516 locomotive pulling the Pocahontas near the N&W shops.

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Employees repair an N&W locomotive at the Roanoke Shops.

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Two employees examine car wheels at the Roanoke Shops. C.G. Wiley is at right; the man at left is unidentified. Unfortunately, African American employees of the N&W could not be promoted beyond entry-level positions until the passage of the Civil…

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The "Wheel Rollers" of the Roanoke Shops include (front left): Earl Dunning, John Cantry, Charles Wiley, Monk Wiggins, and Thomas Campbell. The Wheel Rollers competed in wheel rolling competitions around the nation and always placed high.

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Shop employees and crew of Engine No. 205 in Roanoke, shortly after the locomotives construction.

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Engine No. 102 rolls out of assembly at the Roanoke Shops and employees pose for the customary photograph of the engine.

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Freight Locomotive No. 1203 rests on the turntable at Shaffer's Crossing in Roanoke.

FE236 N&W Shops.jpg
Aerial view of Norfolk & Western east end shops.

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Norfolk & Western East End Shops.

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An aerial view looking east on the Norfolk & Western Shops.

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Norfolk & Western Shops Noon-Day Chorus. The group rehearsed and sang each day at lunchtime.

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Class J-1 Engine No. 605 rolls out of the Norfolk & Western Shops. War rationing meant no streamlined cowling or roller bearings on the rods.
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