NS 572 departs Norton Yard in Norton, Virginia destined to Bluefield, West Virginia on an early fall day.

After gathering the loads at Critical Fork, located on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Dixiana Branch, U47, an ex-IRR mine run, has returned to Norton and pulled through Bopar onto ex-N&W rails. The ... (more)

NS U40 with loaded coal cars to be set out in Norton Yard is passing through the crossovers at NS control point Top in Norton, VA. After setting out the loaded cars, the U40 crew will head to And... (more)

NS U47 which is being led by a C40-9 sits behind the Pepsi Cola plant in Norton.

Pulling out of Norton Yard eastbound for Carbo and the N&W, NS 745 is illuminated by some really nice storm light. This train is bound for the Dry Fork Branch to Williamson.

As a mid August storm starts to roll in on the town of Norton, the Original Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit sits tied down at "Grave" at the helm of NS 825 bound for Andover on the former... (more)

The Norfolk & Western Heritage unit sits alone in the yard at Hawthorne in Norton, Virginia awaiting its next assignment.

On a cold, January night in Norfolk Southern's Norton Yard, NS 9869 idles beside the yard office as it awaits its duties the following morning. Norton Yard used to be home to three railroads, two... (more)

With fresh prepped coal piled in the background, a Trackmobile sits on a storage track between shifts. The track is barely capable of supporting the machine with the decrepit ties and rail in plac... (more)

NS U48 passes MP15 at the west end of the ex-Interstate's Andover Yard as it climbs "Norton Hill" amid blazing fall foliage. A brief time earlier, NS 591 had stalled with 145 empties on... (more)

SD40 3193 leads a seven motor light engine move out of the golden glow of the setting sun's last rays eastbound at the west end of the ex-IRR's Norton Yard.

NS U47, occupying the Glamorgan Branch main line, pulls loads from Hood at Norton. U49 is waiting at Tacoma for U47 to complete its work so it can take an empty hopper train to Red River Coal at D... (more)

NS U52 rolls slowly through the west end of the ex-Interstate Railroad's Norton Yard with loads en route to Andover. At Andover, the loads will be weighed and assembled into a coal train leaving A... (more)

Only in town at the end of the run for two hours, one of N&W's two Pacifics remaining at the end of steam service, the 563 turns on the table at Norton, Va. to prepare for its run back to Bluefiel... (more)

On a sweltering summer day with humidty so thick you could cut it, coal is loaded the oldfashioned way at Mountain Energy Resources. The Model 4200 Trackmobile is shuffling mtys one at a time unde... (more)