Empty hopper train 821 passes the old N&W station at Woodall Road.
Stretching over a mile and half, empties return west for more black diamonds.
Often in the evening, you can spot string of empty coal cars heading back to West Virginia.
NS 9052 leads about 190 Empties westbound over a small bridge at Elliston.
NS 821 heads west with NPBL switcher #2428, NS high-nose SD40 #1590 dead in tow and an almost never-ending string of coal cars.
NS 821 heading west with 180 empties
WB 821 rolls through downtown Iager, WV and will take the wye into Auville Yard as a local rolls west up the Pokey toward Williamson Yard. After 30 plus trips to the area, the good lord smiled on... (more)
The conductor on WB 821 gives EB 822 a roll by as the pushers shove the loads into photogenic Vaughn Tunnel at Roderfield, WV.
The last hopper on EB U30 rolls past WB 821 at my namesake tunnel.
Westbound mtys rock and roll past the old N&W position signals at Welch, WV on a return trip to Auville Yard. I'll catch this very friendly crew a few times further up the line this afternoon.
