Conductor Mike Necessary stands on the platform of the caboose of Norfolk Southern train U47 as the train backs out of the west end of Andover Yard at Andover, Virginia. The empty coal train is m... (more)
Norfolk Southern local mine run U46 with a caboose (shoving platform) on the end is making a reverse move out of the west end of the yard at Andover, VA on the former Interstate Railroad. The tr... (more)
Norfolk Southern U47 is backing out of the west end of the former Interstate Railroad yard at Andover, VA. The empty coal train will back from here to Wentz, VA where it will be loaded.
NS C-31 caboose 555582, a veteran of many years service in the Appalachian coalfields, rests on this mild April evening in the yard at Yuma awaiting its next assignment. NS still rosters a sizable... (more)
NS 707 sits on the mainline giving a roll-by to this westbound empty hopper train 73A as it ducks into the siding at Boone with its shoving platform/cab on the rear.
NS loaded coal train 72A sits on the mainline at Yuma with a caboose (shoving platform) on the rear as a westbound CSX detour train (R181) eases through the siding, illuminating the side of the co... (more)