A trio of NS GE products lead eastbound NS 392 as it glides along the wall just outside of downtown Oakvale, WV as it passes a stopped eb grain train after a snowfall from earlier that morning.
A&O train Z812-26 is crossing the Pleasent Creek bridge enroute to Carter Roag coal mine with 80 empty hoppers in tow.
Still to this day, my dad says the ex-Southern SD40-2 at the rear of the consist was the most impressive thing he's heard in his entire railfan career. Photo credit William H. Thomas.
A&O train Z812-26 is navigating alongside the Tygart Valley River in Philippi enroute to load 80 cars of export coal.
If you blinked, you missed this one. CSX leased its Cowen and Pickens Subdivisions west of Grafton to Watco, operating as the Appalachian & Ohio Railroad. This was a pretty significant acquisiti... (more)
In the heart of B&O country, CSX and A&O power wait for trains to move, dwarfed by the B&O station and hotel that dominates the scene in downtown Grafton.
NS 19M slowly pulls west after a crew change through Bluefield yard. It's seen here about to duck under US 29 on a yard track with a BNSF ACe leader.
BNSF ACe 9059 stops in Bluefield yard for a crew change beside an NS ACe and an NS ES44AC that are being used as pushers.
Manifest NS 19M rolls into the Virginia Pull In track in Bluefield yard.
A BNSF ACe leads NS 19M west through Blake, Wv on the Christiansburg District.
