A misty rain has fallen in Norton for much of the day. NS U47, with engineer C. R. Thomas at the controls, shuffles loads at the east end of Norton Yard. In fact, C. R. has needed to pull a short ... (more)
Conductor Bobby Kedron stands in the door of cab NS 555048 to protect the reverse move as cab hop U47 shoves past freshly painted cab NS 555065 and a few loads sitting in Esservile Scale Siding in... (more)
Conductor Mike Young keeps a lookout from the back porch of the cab as NS U47 rolls through Kent Junction on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch. U47 is destined to the Roaring Fork loader,... (more)
Engineer Ray Thomas, occupying the right seat of NS 2575, slowly maneuvers U47 and its empties along the ex-IRR's Appalachia-Norton main and by the wye at Kent Junction. Once the rear of U47 clear... (more)
In late fall each year, Mother Nature decorates the mountains surrounding Kent Junction by a spectacular display of rust colored oak trees. Engineer C. R. Thomas will make a turn to the right, exi... (more)