A MTY coal train makes its way up the Wayne Br. past the Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church. The train will load at the Foundation Coal, Camp Creek Complex at the end of the branch line.
Coal is still the name of the game in the Williamson Yard. The office and roundhouse in the background are still being used today.
A research train rests near the yard entrance after making a run from Bluefield.
The slide fence protects the trains from the massive cliffs that loom above the east portal of Glen Alum Tunnel.
A coal train awaits its next assignment into the coalfields of southern W.Va. Only a shell of the former shop remains in the background.
A single unit rests in front of the Peach Creek yard office.
25N roars across the Holston River.
A freight train roars out of the west portal of Glen Alum.
It was nice see to some auto racks moving west on the Pokey, even if empty. Hopefully they are going somewhere to be loaded and not stored. Looneys curve is one of the steepest on the Pokey as you... (more)
A mixed freight rumbles by two old cabs on the center siding that are awaiting their next assignment into the coalfields.
Black and blue round the tight bend at War Eagle.
NS 233 leads the WB parade through downtown Vulcan after the tunnel curfew is lifted.
Today, this train is useing secondary symbol, M7M because it is so late that the next days 17M has just passed it.
Tight fits and tight curves help define the Pokey in this remote area. Top Gons sit on the center siding awaiting their fate as an MTY coal train goes by.
Classic Conrail power in the consist!
