NS 194 rolls around the tight curve and through a cut between Hardy and Oakvale on its eastbound trek from Bluefield to Roanoke on the Virginia Division.
NS eastbound freight 194 begins its downhill slide out of Bluefield for the run to Roanoke just prior to sunset. The massive coal tower in the background serves as a reminder of the awesome machin... (more)
O. Winston Link put Northfork, WV on the map in 1958 with his Mainline on Main Street image of a N&W steam giant roaring through the tight confines of downtown. Fast forward almost 50 years... (more)
NS 194 rolls eastbound under the signal bridge at Hull on main #1.
NS time freight 194 really makes the rails "cut a shine" as all the trains weight and momentum bears down on them in this steep curve along the Pokey.
194 just passed under US 52 and is about to enter Tunnel 1.
Battling ticks and snakes was worth the image.
The one unit wonder pusher on the rear of 194 passes the prep plant at Keystone on its slow journey up to the top of the Elkhorn grade.
Having just passed the west leg of the Gilbert Branch wye at Wharncliffe, freight 194 heads east along the bluffs of the Tug Fork valley on a humid summer day.
Manifest NS 194, lead by engine 9333, slowly rolls under the Cove Signal Bridge on the siding (track 3).
Manifest NS 194, lead by engine 9333, heads eastbound on the siding (track 3) at Cove, while stack train NS 21G heads westbound on track 2.
The last shot of our early morning chase of this eastbound is shown at one of the tiny crossings in Elkhorn, a few miles west of the end of its climb and the summit of the Pokey at Elkhorn Tunnel.
At dusk, an eastbound freight streaks past the handsomely restored depot at Matewan.
194 lights up the scene as it snakes out of King Coal city
