An eastbound coal drag leaves Bluefield with rebuilt "Top Gon" hoppers.

An eastbound coal train slows to a stop in Bluefield Yard for a crew change before it continues its eastward journey.

Passing an empty yard. Signs of a very slow coal economy. NS 18M departs Bluefield yard in the golden hour of the day.

A westbound empty hopper train winds its way through the east end of Bluefield Yard.

A mixed freight approaches Bluefield, WV. View is from the Route 460 bridge high above the right-of-way.

Head 'em up, move 'em out! Three coal trains and a freight are lined up at Bluefield Yard ready to head east.

A short 29G rolls into Bluefield Yard for a quick crew change before heading towards Williamson.

A pair of AC44C6M rebuilds serve as pushers on 746 as they top the hill in Bluefield Yard.

One of the most beautiful place to enjoy railfaning in my books has to be Bluefield as the yard sits just below the mountains this makes a good back drop for trains heading east out of Bluefield.

Former N&W SD40-2, 1639 and 6129, bring an eastbound coal train into Bluefield yard past N&W 611 waiting on an out-bound track to go west with a ferry run to Portsmouth, OH. Several freight cars h... (more)

Former N&W SD40-2, 1644 is leading a set of pushers that have cut-off from an eastbound coal train, seen in the distance, and are heading back west to assist another eastbound train into Bluefield... (more)

The Nickel Plate Road and the Norfolk And Western heritage units are getting serviced and refueled in the yard after a hard days work pushing freight trains up the Pokey into Bluefield Yard!

Year old GE C39-8, 8555, is departing Bluefield yard for points east. Two additional loaded coal trains are awaiting their turn. Bluefield was a busy place back in 1985. Not so much nowadays.

The pushers on an eastbound coal drag glide into Bluefield after assisting the train up and over Elkhorn Mountain.