The flashing crossing signals along State Road 679 provide a splash of color in the winter wonderland outside of Narrows, VA on January 28, 2021 as Norfolk Southern #8044 thunders west to Bluefiel... (more)

With some nice morning light breaking through the clouds, Norfolk Southern #8044 rounds the bend to cross over the East River near Ingleside, WV on January 28, 2021 on the western end of NS' Chris... (more)

Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8044 and its manifest freight train head west to Bluefield, West Virginia on the snowy morning of January 28, 2021 outside of Narrows, VA.

Cresting Elkhorn Grade, Norfolk Southern #4135 and #1079 cross Cooper's Trestle near Bramwell, WV on January 16, 2021. The bridge passing below the enormous steel and concrete Norfolk & Western st... (more)

The thunderous sound of NS #4135 and #1079 in notch 8 fills the valley outside of Elkhorn, WV on January 16, 2021. The mountains are so steep in this location all of the sound from loaded eastboun... (more)

A friendly engineer greets the photographer near Vivian, WV on January 16, 2021 as NS #4077 is shoving hard together two other units on the rear of our loaded ethanol train. Lots of traffic on thi... (more)

As NS #4384 continued west with its empty coal train on January 16, 2021 multiple eastbounds awaited their turn at Capels, WV. One of them, a loaded ethanol train lead by NS #4135, departed Capels... (more)

Moving steadily along, NS #4384 continues west with its empty coal train along US 52, Coal Heritage Road, near Superior, WV on January 16, 2021. About 5 minutes before the train arrived, the weath... (more)

Green signals ahead at CP Falls Mills for our same trio of pushers as they head east to Bluefield, WV on January 16, 2021.

Continuing west of Bluefield, the action on the Pocahontas Division continues at Falls Mills, VA. Here, SD70ACe #1051 is greeted to a classic smalltown scene as it leads two other units east to Bl... (more)

After NS #8018 arrived into town NS #8147, also an ES44AC unit, departed east out of Bluefield enroute for Roanoke on January 16, 2021. With its snow capped coal train #8147 should have no issue l... (more)

A flock of birds take flight over Bluefield, WV on January 16, 2021 as NS #8018, an ES44AC, leads a loaded coal train into town. With this train Bluefield once again reiterates its long historied ... (more)

Snow begins to fall outside of Ada, WV as NS #4304 and its empty coal train make the final push into Bluefield, WV on January 16, 2021. The Norfolk & Western Historical Society has quite a collect... (more)

NS AC44C6M #4384 leads an enormous empty coal train west towards Bluefield, WV outside of Narrows, Virginia on January 16, 2021. Here the New River, debated as one of the five oldest rivers in the... (more)

Having passed through Bluefield, WV after an hour or so delay waiting for eastbound manifests and loaded coal trains to arrive and depart, Norfolk Southern 55W is heading west over the famed forme... (more)