By Jeff Sturgeon, The Roanoke Times, Va. Nov. 15--Railroad buffs have garnered more than $500,000 of the $2.2 million needed to renovate the fire-damaged former Virginian Railway train station property in Roanoke.

PHILADELPHIA _ As coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, Andy Reid has excelled at keeping the lid on, brushing off questions about team controversies with a countenance as stony as Mount Rushmore.

By GARY RUEGSEGGER BY GARY RUEGSEGGER CORRESPONDENT NORFOLK Standing in the middle of the new Norfolk Southern Museum, retired railroad man Floyd R. Wade Jr. was taking it all in the badges and bells, the signals and switches, the watches and whistles.

By Jeremiah McWilliams, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Dec. 3--NORFOLK -- Let's say you're Norfolk Southern Corp., celebrating your 175th anniversary this month. What to do? Build a museum.

By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Oct. 21--For a couple of years now, Norfolk has been waiting for the Federal Transit Administration to provide a reason to hope that light rail might one day come to the city.