The brakeman and conductor ride the cab's back porch as U50 backs westbound through the east end of Norton Yard. The tracks in the background are the ex-Interstate Railroad's main line and make-up... (more)

Norfolk Southern 3010 is coupled to the Dover assigned caboose, as the train works the joint interchange at Chester Junction, in Roxbury, N.J.

The cab on NS U50 rolls through Kent Junction on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch. The crew is destined to the small Roaring Fork loadout at the end of Pine Branch. The switch to the rig... (more)

The cab on NS U49 crosses a low trestle over a swollen Roaring Fork Creek between Roaring Fork and Kent Junction on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch.

NS U59, under control of conductor Dennis Ashley and engineer Delmer Lester, rolls by Bruton Siding on the ex-Intertstate Railroad. U49's three covered hoppers are en route to Austin Powder at Hol... (more)

The cab on NS U47 rolls through Cane Patch on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch. U47 is pulling empties to the Roaring Fork loader located at the end of Pine Branch. The loaded hopper in ... (more)

J43 begins their shove up the Delorme Branch, with the conductor riding the cab blowing the whistle for the KY-194 crossing, with its unique cantilever guarding.

In an unusual move, NS U48 is shoving through Josephine to Norton. Conductor Mike Young (left) and brakeman (Johnny Cubine) ride the cabs back porch to protect the movement.

At milepost 1: The conductor of NS U47 rides the caboose (essentially a shoving platform) as the train backs past milepost 1 of the former Interstate Railroad in Stonega, VA. The train of empty ... (more)

A brakeman checks his switch list at Carbo Yard in Carbo, Virginia.

A well weathered Norfolk Southern caboose rests in downtown Appalachia, VA. The caboose was built in November of 1969 by International Car Company for the Norfolk and Western Railway as N&W 51859... (more)

NS Dash 9-44CW 9519 and NS caboose 555630 are parked in a siding next to the NS mainline in downtown Appalachia, VA.

The Salisbury Job goes about its switching duties at the box plant near Five Row. This job still regulary uses a caboose as seen standing with the rest of its train on the mainline.

Bringing up the rear of NS U48 in Appalachia, VA is an NS heritage caboose (note the N&W "hamburger" logo on the caboose side). The train is headed east toward Norton, VA with 105 empty... (more)

9827 passes a caboose sitting on the Paragon loading track which used to be the L&N Mainline until completion of the bridge in Big Stone Gap and a trackage rights agreement between NS and Chessie ... (more)