Shortly after midnight on a mild Spring evening in Northfork, WV the small town silence is broken as NS intermodal train 218 works eastbound toward Bluefield behind NS' Virginia heritage SD70ACe #... (more)
Three N&W EMDs roll through Northfork, WV in this March 1971 scene.
NS breaks in pushers quick on the steep grade up Elkhorn Creek to the summit in Elkhorn Tunnel.
O. Winston Link put Northfork, WV on the map in 1958 with his Mainline on Main Street image of a N&W steam giant roaring through the tight confines of downtown. Fast forward almost 50 years... (more)
Three units on the front and three more on the back shove this loaded coal train through downtown Northfork and dig into the grade up towards Elkhorn Tunnel.
Why yes, this is a pretty darned big boy.
The pile of rubble in the background used to be the buildings pictured in O. Winston Link's famous shot of downtown Northfork. Wiped out by floodwaters
Autoracks roll east behind NS 274 at Northfork, WV on the famed Pokey.
Yet another EB coal train struggles upgrade along Elkhorn Creek at Northfork, WV