Person walking on railroad tracks near south yard

Heard on: Roanoke Valley East-West Lines - Poor Mtn Area

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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All right. 278, Roanoke.

00:05

278.

00:06

Yeah, just giving you a heads up.

00:08

We're on our way out of the south yard and we're in between JK and Demou.

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There was a young lady wearing a pink tank top and torn blue jeans, dark hair, brunette-ish,

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walking near walking west on the tracks or near the tracks on the Silk Mill.

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Just wanted to give you a heads up so people could keep an eye out.

00:34

All right, young lady, pink tank top, blue jeans, walking down the tracks going which way, east or west? West, coming in towards the south yard.

00:50

Okay, thank you.

00:52

Not a problem.

00:55

Did you have Mountain Dew?

01:00

No, I think I saw a Pepsi though.

01:11

Two seventy-eight.

01:12

Was she walking up the Silk Mill lead or was she on the main and had to step off? Uh, Silk Mill.

01:20

Okay, thank you.

9/7/2026 01:08 AM

Suspicious Activity

Garst Mill Rd, Roanoke, VA 24018

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received a report of a possible pedestrian hazard near the railroad tracks by the south yard, where a young woman was seen walking west along the tracks near the Silk Mill lead.