Assisting NS 52Q toward Bluefield, a duo of AC's featuring NS' Interstate Railroad ES44AC crosses over Tug Fork in downtown Welch, eastbound on the N&W mainline.

NS Train 762 departs Bluefield east bound for Roanoke with NS #8105 Interstate Heritage unit leading the way.

Late in the afternoon as the sun had draped across the right side of the locomotive NS Corp photographer Casey Thomason and I thought it would be an interesting photo to open up all of the body si... (more)

A rarely visited location in Merrimac, VA situated at the top of the grueling grade that starts at Whitethorne hosts eastbound loaded coal drag 762 struggling to keep the train rolling with the go... (more)

On a dark and gloomy October afternoon on the ex Virginian railway situated in Kumis, VA, NS 756 is pictured dropping downgrade toward Roanoke after assaulting Merrimac hill. One of NS's heritage ... (more)

NS 757 passes through Martinsville enroute back to the coal fields of WV with the Interstate heritage GEVO leading the way.

After loading at High Power Mountain, NS' Interstate Railroad heritage ES44AC idles at the South End of the Alloy Yard waiting for a Virginian crew to deliver the loaded drag to Elmore. In the bac... (more)

NS' Interstate Railroad heritage ES44AC idles on the head end of a loaded southbound coal drag, destined for former Virginian rails toward Elmore, Clarks Gap, and Princeton.

You never know what might show up on the RJ Corman in Clearfield..Talk about a lot of color as the NS Interstate heritage unit hangs out with its fellow NS unit and 2 RJ Corman units on the Cresso... (more)

Far from "home" rails, Interstate heritage unit 8105 sits reflected in a puddle on the old line in Enola Yard. A 594 coal train pulls out beside it headed for export at Baltimore, MD.. Tonight the... (more)

Interstate Railroad: Norfolk Southern's seventh heritage locomotive painted by the Chattanooga Shops in April of 2012 performs a runby for guests of the 'family portrait' in Spencer, NC. As part o... (more)

NS conductor Clint Boyd rides the shove move of NS train U4N through the yard at Norton in the last rays of sunlight after taking a cut of coal loads to Tacoma.

Norfolk Southern's Interstate Railroad heritage unit passed under the CSX Kingsport Subdivision at Speers Ferry on its maiden revenue run. Young railfan Hunter Richardson shoots video of the scene... (more)

Interstate 8105 and Norfolk Southern Railway Company 8114 return to Norton after dropping a cut of coal loads at Tacoma. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. For more in... (more)

Interstate 8105 and Norfolk Southern Railway Company 8114 return to Norton after dropping a cut of coal loads at Tacoma. The empty hoppers on the left are along the Interstate Railroad's mainline... (more)