Idling within a work permit, NS SD40-2 No. 3435 and an SD40E wait for authority to move beyond the absolute signal at Blake, east of Bluefield on NS' Christiansburg District to Raonoke.
Eastbound grain train is almost to the top of the grade.
It's a beautiful Summer morning in Bluefield, W.Va., as No. 194 storms eastbound into the yard with NS' Lackawanna heritage locomotive leading the way, while passing a stopped helper set, on the a... (more)
The Lehigh Valley heritage unit sits at Bluefield on a Monday morning in between pusher assignments. There's a glimpse of the N&W heritage unit between the GE ES44AC units.
A tanker train leave the Pokey and heads east for Virginia in the driving rain.
An April shower has made it a tuff trip up the Pokey grade. The pushers have cut off the rear and its downhill into the yard now.
Arriving in Norfolk Southern's Bluefield Yard, NS 9869 pulls a intermodal into the yard to change crews in a heavy downpour of snow.
A Roanoke based crew disembarks from the cab of NS F9(A) No. 4270 as an Office Car Special arrives into Bluefield from points east. The Bluefield based train crew will soon board the head end and ... (more)
Heritage unit and companion about to depart for Welch to work in additional pusher duties on heavy coal drags.
A pair of Canadian National engines bring an eastbound loaded NS ethanol train out of Bluefield, WV for the journey east to Roanoke on a damp and dreary Sunday evening.
N&W Heritage arriving into the former N&W yard at Bluefield.
Empties roll west through the seemingly abandoned former coal boom town of Iaeger W.Va.
NS Heritage unit, Lehigh Valley and another AC unit cut off from a coal train while an empty coal train heads back to the coalfields for a refill.
A unique set of Pokey pushers consisting of the Southern 8099 GE Heritage unit paired with the EMD Erie Heritage unit. Both wearing green paint made for an unusual sight along the Pokey. I called... (more)
A NS research train sits idle for the weekend in the Bluefield Yard under the old coaling tower.
