Conductor Mike Necessary stands on the platform of the caboose of Norfolk Southern train U47 as the train backs out of the west end of Andover Yard at Andover, Virginia. The empty coal train is m... (more)

Norfolk Southern empty coal train U47 is making a reverse move in downtown Appalachia, Virginia toward the loading facility at Wentz, Virginia about five and a half miles away. The U47 crew began... (more)

Norfolk Southern U47 rolls underneath the US Route 23 overpass in Norton, Virginia. The empty coal train is headed to the coal loading facility in Wentz, Virginia on the former Interstate Railroa... (more)

Norfolk Southern train U47 rolls around one leg of the wye in Norton, Virginia. The loaded coal train is destined for Virginia's Tidewater area, but the local U47 crew is taking the train off of ... (more)

Norfolk Southern train U47 leans into a curve as it rolls east through the town of St. Paul, Virginia. The train is headed to Swords Creek, Virginia with eleven empty covered hoppers to work E. D... (more)

Norfolk Southern "mine run" train U47 rolls east across Kennedy Trestle near the community of Dwina, Virginia between the towns of Coeburn and St. Paul. The train is headed to Swords Cr... (more)

Just east of the town of Coeburn, Virginia, Norfolk Southern "mine run" train U47 rolls east through the community of Banner. The train is headed to Swords Creek, Virginia to work E. Di... (more)

Norfolk Southern "mine run" train U47 is stopped briefly on the Big Toms Creek Branch in Coeburn, Virginia just north of the North Street crossing. The train has just worked the Nelson ... (more)

U47 enters Big Stone with very few covered hoppers in tow.

Norfolk Southern U47 is moving forward with a single gondola loaded with coal on the former Interstate Railroad in Norton, Virginia.

Norfolk Southern "mine run" U47 is backing their train on the former Interstate Railroad toward the coal loading facility at Wentz, Virginia with a caboose as a shoving platform. The tra... (more)

In a heavy morning fog, Norfolk Southern "mine run" U47 is working at the east end of the former Norfolk and Western yard in Norton, Virginia. The train crew has just brought loaded coal... (more)

A caboose brings up the rear of Norfolk Southern mine run train U47 as crosses over Callahan Creek. The train is entering the west end of Andover yard at Andover, Virginia. after the 14 car coal... (more)

Norfolk Southern U47 crosses over Callahan Creek as it enters the west end of Andover Yard at Andover, Virginia. The short 14 car coal train has just loaded at Wentz. Virginia about four miles f... (more)

Norfolk Southern U47 crew is making a reverse move through Stonega, VA with a short 14 car empty coal train. The train is headed to the loader at Wentz, VA a short distance from here.