Norfolk Southern local mine run U46 with a caboose (shoving platform) on the end is making a reverse move out of the west end of the yard at Andover, VA on the former Interstate Railroad. The tr... (more)

Norfolk Southern local mine run U46 passes a caboose and SD70 tied up in a siding as it makes a reverse movement in downtown Appalachia, VA. The train will continue backing for about five miles ... (more)

A NS loader crew is stopped at Arrow on the NS Williamson District main to get track from the dispatcher for the trip up the Delorme Branch. Once they got track authority, the crew pulled by to ge... (more)

It's been a little over two years since the N&W-Southern merger. Former Southern MP15, 2351, is sporting a brand new paint job representing the "new" Norfolk Southern. The Southern caboo... (more)

Norfolk Southern U47 is backing out of the west end of the former Interstate Railroad yard at Andover, VA. The empty coal train will back from here to Wentz, VA where it will be loaded.

Norfolk Southern mine run U47 backs across Callahan Creek as it makes a reverse move out of the yard at Andover, VA toward the loader at Wentz, VA. The caboose is being used as a shoving platform... (more)

Caboose as a EOT on this train

An NS local heads through New Haven, Indiana, with a rather uncommon pairing of a single high hood GP38-2 and a caboose. How often does one see this these days?

Empty Norfolk Southern coal train 741 rolls east through Norton, VA on the former Interstate Railroad mainline. The train is passing a lone NS caboose in the former Interstate Yard on the west si... (more)

Even in 2018, a caboose is a conductors best friend! Norfolk Southern local L91 has gone into town to switch the industries, and is seen here shoving back to East Wayne Yard with former N&W caboos... (more)

A trio of cabs bring up the rear of a westbound freight east of Horseshoe Curve (~MP 240).

The conductor of NS U45 rides on the platform of the caboose as the empty coal train makes a reverse move off of the Clinch Valley mainline and onto the Big Toms Creek Branch. The train is about ... (more)

The cab on NS U48 rolls across the wooden trestle over Roaring Fork Creek approaching Roaring Fork.

A cab waits on ex-L&N trackage at Appalachia. The ex-L&N track extends to the Paragon loader near Kelly View. When shoving a train of empties to the loader, the cab is utilized for the reverse mov... (more)

The conductor, the dapper gentleman on the left, had about six more months until retirement. Although he had been offered a lump sum to take early retirement, he figured that by the time taxes, wi... (more)