Shortly after daybreak, the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Red unit passes the Mammoth coal loadout, northbound on the former NYC West Virginia Secondary toward Charleston.
Idling on the Dickinson fuel pad, NS' MGA heritage ES44AC and Central of Georgia heritage ES44AC wait for their crew, currently acquiring paperwork in the Dickinson yard office. Upon their arrival... (more)
Tied down and shut off on the Dickinson pad, NS' Virginian Railway heritage SD70ACe awaits her next assignment on the former Conrail West Virginia Secondary. While not on home rails, The Virginian... (more)
Built in September of 1971 for the Southern Railway as SOU 2873W, a veteran GP38AC idles on the Dickinson fuel pit. Younger sister, NS 5137, built as SOU 5137L in February of 1974 awaits servicing... (more)
Idling near the South End of Dickinson Yard, a former Conrail veteran SD40-2 serves as the Dickinson Yard switcher, preparing southbound locals and northbound manifest freight, NS 381.
NS 9067 sits in Dickinson Yard with four cars of the Barnum Bailey and Ringling Bros. blue train. The rest of the train is split between three other track in the yard, waiting to be taken the few... (more)
A high pressure system has allowed plenty of sun for West Virginia, as a lone ES40DC idles in the morning sun at Dickinson.
KCS visits West Virginia! A beautifully painted SD70ACe in the KCS "Southern Belle" scheme idles on NS 380 in the yard at Dickinson.
After dropping off the passenger coaches for the RBBB Red Unit, NS J6A heads north through South Dickinson with the equipment flats. Notice the automatic switch signal to the left of the frame.
NS 380 makes an unusual daylight arrival into the Dickinson Yard as this Columbus to Dickinson manifest completes another run.
While an NS maintainer clears the snow and ice covered switches, NS 380 and a pair of light engines linger in the background.
NS 380 and a helper set lead by a Conrail widecab idles at the South End of Dickinson Yard.
Finding this ex-SP unit in West Virginia was a nice surprise. Seeing the NS unit belch black smoke upon being started was even better!
