With the sun beginning to crest over the hills, NS U15 continues its short trip down the Delorme Branch on a cool March morning.
As the sun peaks over one of the many mountains in the Pocahontas region, NS mine run U15 from Jamboree, KY runs up the Delorme Branch toward the ex-N&W mainline. The train is a couple of curves s... (more)
Backing up to load at Jamboree 5 on the Delorem Branch, the caboose has just entered Kentucky with the power and mtys still in WV across the Tug Fork river. Fitting that the conductor is sporting ... (more)
In a move I've never seen before Williamson based shifter U15 heads east caboose leading shoving loads east toward the Alma Branch for Sprouse Creek coal. Surprisingly the next day Sprouse Creek w... (more)
Passing over Peter Creek, U15 backs up to Jamboree and the Majestic Collieries coal loadout for the second unit train in two days. A caboose is on the "head" leading the backup move.
A standard cab SD70 is a nice change of pace from NS's immense fleet of Dash 9s.
Mine run U15 uses a high nose SD40-2 to shove mtys up the Lick Fork Branch and under the loadout at Little Boy. After the big Old Ben mine closed in 1995, these rails sat rusting until last year ... (more)
