NS 51V sits quietly in the Bluefield yard awaiting a crew to bring it west. The train came into the yard with a C6M leader, but it was cut off when it arrived in the yard. Before the train left ... (more)

NS 51V thunders up the grade at Shawsville with a brand new C6M in the lead. A BC Rail trails second. Not many of these venture out to this part of the US so it was a nice treat which was pleasa... (more)

Early Morning Empties Run. Grain empties proceed by the former Union Station, now the California Dreaming restaurant, with a blue BC Rail unit trailing second.

An old paint dash 9 is in charge of empty grainer NS 51V as it rushes west through control point Arthur.

Empty grain NS 51V thunders west through Wabun, Va with a dash-9 on point.

A single Dash-8 rolls by the Northfork CPL on the NS Whitethorne District (ex-VGN main).

A pair of Dash 8 pushers head back west through Control Point Northfork on the NS Whitethorne District. This line is primarily eastbound traffic, so any west movement is a treat. Dash 8's are slat... (more)

Into the Sun. NS 51V heads north from Columbia, SC to Simpson on the Southern/NS R-Line, crossing Assembly Street near the former Union Station on a bright sunny morning.

51V heads into Altoona, PA with a solo -9 on the point under the signals at CP-HOMER.

Westbound grain empties snake into the yard at Bluefield on a gorgeous summer evening. NS SD60E 6925 leads Southern Pacific 266, one of only a few SP AC44s not patched by Union Pacific.

The N&W Color Position Lights, or CPL's still stand tall at this location, with some not so friendly looking clouds looming behind. NS Train 51V, an empty grain train, is seen heading north with a... (more)

The rising sun breaks through the clouds and illuminates the autumn colors of the Allegheny Mountains. 51V climbing the hill before ducking into the tunnels at Gallitzin and heading down the &quo... (more)

51V giving it all it's got coming up track 3 on the "east slope" as a loaded coal train eases its way down into Altoona, probably the 590 I would shoot later in the day to the east, on t... (more)