Norfolk Southern ET44AC #3624, at the head-end of a long manifest freight, slips through the sleepy New River community of Eggleston, Virginia on the morning of April 26, 2021.

Amidst spring colors, Norfolk Southern #4137, hauling the black diamonds of the Pocahontas coal region, coasts downgrade near Ada, WV on the warm evening of April 26, 2021.

Norfolk Southern #3624 is charging hard outside of Ingleside, WV at the head end of a long manifest freight train bound for Bluefield on the misty morning of April 26, 2021.

Norfolk Southern #3624 leads a manifest freight through the fading fog and silence of Oakvale, West Virginia on the morning of April 26, 2021.

Who's to say backlighting can't be useful? In the early evening of April 26, 2021, NS #4137, among a mixture of newly hatched flies, brake dust, and diesel exhaust, coasts downgrade near Ingleside... (more)

Near Falls Mills, VA Norfolk Southern #4087 splits the signals heading east to Bluefield, WV with a loaded coal train on the evening of April 16, 2021.

Norfolk Southern #4087 coasts downgrade under the westbound signals at CP Bluestone along the former N&W Pocahontas Division on the evening of April 16, 2021.

"Late Afternoon at Cooper's": NS train 195 is highlighted by the late afternoon sun as it slides west over Cooper's Trestle near Bramwell, WV on April 16, 2021.

NS train 195 passes a former N&W whistle post sign among spring foliage near Ada, WV on the afternoon of April 16, 2021.

Spring has arrived to Norfolk Southern's Christiansburg District as NS 195 led by ET44AC #3671 grinds her way upgrade to Bluefield, WV on the afternoon of April 16, 2021.

Wabash heritage unit #1070 races west near CP Singer on Norfolk Southern's Christiansburg District on March 22, 2021. On the adjacent track an eastbound double stack train heads towards Roanoke, V... (more)

NS New York Central heritage unit #1066 races under the coaling tower at Vicker near Belview, Virginia on the morning of March 22, 2021.

Stoney Ridge and the N&W coaling tower loom large as NS #1187 arrives to Bluefield, WV on the evening of March 21, 2021.

Continuing further up the Elkhorn Grade on the late afternoon of March 21, 2021, NS #1187 thunders by the old powerhouse near Maybeury, WV used to power mines in this area. This power station, whi... (more)

Water flows out of the cracks and crevices around Big Four Tunnel near Big Four, WV on March 21, 2021 as NS #9619 leads NS train 811 west on the former N&W Pocahontas Division mainline.