A helper runs east into Roderfield Tunnel while on the other side, the track patrols awaits its turn at Vaugh Tunnel
The spring colors and rocks outcroppings above Roderfield Tunnel complement westbound train 277
Deep in the WV valleys where the sun rarely shines, a UP engine finds work in the east a bit harder than those flat wide open runs out west.
The conductor on WB 821 gives EB 822 a roll by as the pushers shove the loads into photogenic Vaughn Tunnel at Roderfield, WV.
NS 822 explodes out of Roderfield Tunnel and across the Tug Fork with 110 loads and a three unit helper set shoving on the rear.
The last hopper on EB U30 rolls past WB 821 at my namesake tunnel.
U30 smokes out of Roderfield Tunnel with a long cut of 95 loaded Top Gons out of Williamson Yard. The train will pick up helpers at Farm a few miles up the line.
Pushers on the rear of U24 dig in as they cross the Tug Fork River and slip into Roderfield Tunnel on the Pokey mainline.