The conductor rides the cab steps as U53 approaches Roda with 20 yellow ball empties. The Roda coal storage silo is evident in the background; the Roda loader is adjacent to the silo.

NS U53 has come to a stop, and also the end of the ex-Interstate Railroad's Roda Branch, just above the switch to the empty tracks at the Roda loader. Brakeman Harold Yearwood throws the switch as... (more)

Storm clouds approach as NS U52 rolls through lower Roda en route to the Roda tipple. U52 will place 22 yellow ball empties at Roda and pick up a similar number of loads.

Conductor Harold Yearwood rides the lead engine on one side as engineer Jim Chafin leans out of the cab on the trailing locomotive on the opposite side. U53 has placed "yellow ball" empt... (more)

NS U52 slowly rolls over Mudlick Creek at the upper end of Roda. The crew has picked up 34 snow covered "yellow ball" loads at Roda and will continue eastward and pick up another 32 "yellow balls"... (more)