Norfolk & Western 611 works hard up the grade at Snyder with its passenger train on a cold fall morning.

Norfolk & Western 611 blasts out of Goshen on a cold October morning.

Norfolk & Western 611 charges upgrade at Snyder with its passenger train on a cloudy October afternoon.

Steamin West: N&W J 611 roars west along the Buckingham Branch Railroad in Craigsville, Virginia, as the train heads back for its next pickup of excursion train riders in Goshen, Virginia.

Norfolk & Western 475 coasts through Cherry Hill on a sunny summer day.

611 is eastbound at Elliston VA.

Norfolk & Western 475 leads its passenger train upgrade towards Carpenters on a cool summer day.

N&W, Norfolk Western SD40-2 6073, leads a eastbound grain train, GR12 in early spring snowfall at mile 8.5 on the ex-P&WV at, Chaintown, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1982. Jack D kuiphoff © photo

Norfolk Western, N&W 2514-4119-538-1382 and a P&WV caboose in tow are running light west on the ex-P&WV out of Connellsville PA. They are crossing over the B&O Keystone sub, the Youghiogheny River... (more)

Definitely unloved and probably sold south of the border this one sits in a long line of its fellows, doing nothing.

An EB loaded coal train in meeting WB hoppers at the east end of the yard. In the background some of the old steam-era buildings remain. My favorite structure though, is the old switchman's shan... (more)

In the dying sunlight an empty WB hopper train heels into a curve on the upgrade along the East River, down between the many ridges of the Appalachians.

N&W, Norfolk Western GP9 903, with a transfer train at Detroit, Michigan. November 24, 1979. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Norfolk Western, N&W GP9 503, is crossing the C&O diamond at Romulus, Michigan. November 24, 1979. Jack D Kuiphoff photo

Following the East River between the ridges the Norfolk & Western had a few squiggles to negotiate to reach the easy grades along the beautiful New River. Just east of Oakvale this train, its dy... (more)