October! With low humidity levels and the temperature at a steady 70, it certainly feels like fall as NS 381 performs a brake test in the yard at Nitro, framed by an abandoned gas station down the... (more)

NS 7572 leads a some what rare coal train north on the West Virginia Secondary.

A leased HLCX SD60 makes a reverse move into the Nitro Yard

A new visitor to the Nitro Yard, an EMD GP59 spends August 1st tied down on the Nitro Pit awaiting a full week of switching in the Nitro Yard.

A long work train carrying loaded MOW equipment, camp cars, and MOW boxcars idles in Nitro waiting to pull north with a former UP SD60 on the point. The train is bound for Columbus, OH and other l... (more)

An increasingly rare B32-8 works the Nitro Yard on a sunny winter afternoon.

NS 5047 in fresh paint sits in front of the Nitro yard office waiting to go to work.

High hood at sunset.. A former Central Georgia high hood spends this beautiful summer evening tied down on the Nitro pit.

A freshly repainted GP38-2 high hood idles on the mainline at Nitro on a quiet summer night. For a photo of this locomotive in former NS paint in the yard at Nitro, click Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: Nitro, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 5047
Train ID: NS J1A
Photo Date: July 09, 2010

A close up view of NS 714, an RP-E4C rebuilt by Norfolk Southern. This is the second RP-E4C to visit the WV Secondary and the first time one has been in a location that is open for photography.

A decent sized MOW train consisting of ballast hoppers and a rail gang idles in Nitro under gloomy skies. Trailing is NS 714, a new RP-E4C, the equivalent to CSX's road slug program.

An SD70M-2 sits long hood forward with the RBBB Red Unit passenger coaches.

An NS Geometry Train sits tied down on the Nitro MOW track with an EMD geep.

A former Central Georgia GP38-2 spends a beautiful Sunday evening on the Nitro Pit Track awaiting the week day switching. High hoods like this are fairly common along the former Conrail Secondary ... (more)

A northbound loaded Herzog Ballast Train sits tied down in the Nitro Siding sporting an SD60 leader, a UP SD70M, and two additional NS locomotives. In the distance, the EOT of NS 380 can be seen b... (more)