A light drizzle falls as U49 crosses the bridge over Powell River at MP IN13.83 on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Appalachia-Norton main line. The crew is returning to Andover Yard.

NS U49 approaches Kent Junction on the ex-IRR's Pardee Branch.U49 will deliver 35 loads pulled from Cane Patch to the ex-N&W's Norton Yard; U49 left 9 "no bills" at Cane Patch.

The cab on NS U49 crosses a low trestle over a swollen Roaring Fork Creek between Roaring Fork and Kent Junction on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch.

NS U59, under control of conductor Dennis Ashley and engineer Delmer Lester, rolls by Bruton Siding on the ex-Intertstate Railroad. U49's three covered hoppers are en route to Austin Powder at Hol... (more)

The frost has yet to dissipate on the ties and rail in the shady areas on a clear, crisp December morning. NS U49, under control of engineer Joe Fox, serves as a pusher on a set of empties crossin... (more)

Engineer David Hylton, along with conductor John Parsons and brakeman Dennis Barnette, eases NS U49 to a stop at Kent Junction (Pardee Branch) as he awaits orders to proceed onto the ex-Interstate... (more)

NS U49 pulls the loads at Cane Patch, located on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch, on a gorgeous fall day. The crew's work list had been changed a couple of times and they remarked it wa... (more)

Conductor Dennis Ashley keeps a wary eye on the photographer as engineer Delmer Lester pulls the loads from stub end load tracks at Hawthorne on the ex-Interstate Railroad. When using a cab, the m... (more)

A 105 car hyper train is coming from the Wentz Mine and through the small coal camp community of Stonega.

Continuing their run down the Stonega Branch, NS U49 crosses Callahan Creek as they approach the junction of the former Interstate Railroad Derby Branch, whose tracks are seen in the foreground.

Coal is still king here as NS U49, running down the old Interstate Railroad Stonega Branch, passes a coal truck making a late afternoon run towards the mine at Wentz.

With 105 loads, Wentz to Norton mine run U49 comes off of the former Interstate Railroad Stonega Branch at Mudlick Junction.

Running the former Interstate Railroad's Stonega Branch, NS U49 is bringing 105 loads from Wentz to Norton. On the way, they will set off 70 in Andover Yard. Flying in the opposite direction is an... (more)

NS U49, with engineer Danny Fisher and conductor Harold Yearwood, took over an empty hopper train at Westmoreland's idled transloader and slowly rolls through Appalachia destined for loading at Pa... (more)

Mine run U49 pauses during the loading process at Cumberland River's Pardee operations on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Roaring Fork Branch. In earlier years, this location was referred to as Whitf... (more)