Silhouetted against the spring foliage, a pair of Bluefield based AC helpers assist a loaded coal drag over Elkhorn grade near Maybeury. A late winter delayed the blooming of trees, but the first ... (more)

NS' Lehigh Valley and original Norfolk Southern heritage ES44AC's assist eastbound loads over Elkhorn grade through the interlocking at Maybeury. New signals have been placed into service along a ... (more)

Shoving hard on the rear of eastbound loads, No. 8102 passes through the community of Maybeury, W.Va., while en-route to Bluefield with a heavy coal drag.

Poking through Elkhorn Tunnel in Maybeury, NS 8301 charges through a heavy downpour of snow.

NS #6704 blasts out of the Elkhorn Tunnel with a westbound hopper train.

En-route to Bluefield, NS 8114 assists train 68K, a Ethanol train. At the point of the train is one Norfolk Southern ES44AC, along with two Canadian National locomotives numbered; CN 2666 a... (more)

NS 8104, the Lehigh Valley, along with NS 8114 the Original NS, makes his way into Elkhorn Tunnel assisting a loaded coal train.

On its knees, an eastbound loaded grain digs in for climb with only a mile to go before it reaches Elkhorn Tunnel.

Consecutively numbered PRR & NW Heritage Units 8102 & 8103 shown earning their keep on the Pokey as pushers, seen here on the "infamous" Elkhorn Grade passing under the old N&W signals. Grade is v... (more)

SD70ACE grinds up the Elkhorn Grade and passes under the still standing N&W signals (albeit crooked) on a beautiful fall afternoon in the hilss of southern West Virginia.

Climbing Elkhorn grade in full throttle with the assistance of Farm based AC helpers, an eastbound loaded grain train knocks down the interlocking at Maybeury on its eastward crew run from William... (more)

Hanging in there like a hair in a biscuit, these AC units appear to be earning their keep performing pusher duty on the western side of the infamous Elkhorn Grade in Southern West Virginia. The gr... (more)

Charging up Elkhorn Grade at the crossovers at East Maybeury.

NS 8114 and NS 8001 shoves hard on the rear of train 758 as the train enters 1 1/2 mile long Elkhorn Tunnel in Maybeury, WV in the late afternoon.

AC power now dominates the pusher pool on the pokey. Eastbound coal loads get a shove up to Elkhorn Tunnel.