A tidewater coal train grinds upgrade at Switchback as NS 233 sails downgrade on the adjacent main.

NS 118 rolls east past the load out in Switchback, WV.

Former Southern Railway 5068, leads an eastbound loaded coal train up the Elkhorn Grade at Switchback West Virginia.

A fresh southern heritage unit leads coal loaded through Switchback, WV on a dark morning.

NS 768 rolls east through Switchback, Wv.

We depart Welch, but catch an eastbound manifest train lead by NS #7528 climbing east and up-grade to Bluefield, WV along US Route 52. It was raining at this location and as the lead unit rounded ... (more)

Former Southern Rwy GP38-2, 5068, leads an eastbound coal train under the classic N&W CPL's at Switchback, WV.

After being called out of Bluefield to assist the 83G climb the Elkhorn Grade after breaking a knuckle at Switchback, Norfolk Southern's "Lehigh Valley" and "Nickel Plate" heri... (more)

Running on home rails, the Norfolk & Western Heritage Unit, along with two other NS units, shoves hard on the rear of loaded NS coal train 83J as they climb Elkhorn Grade through Switchback, West ... (more)

18M passes through Switchback, despite having 8 units up front, only the front 3 are online. The 3 online units have their hands full, in full notch 8 and barely above walking speed, as the 7100 f... (more)

In a drizzling summer rain, a pair of Norfolk Southern's Heritage Units shove a loaded eastbound coal drag upgrade as they lean into a super elevated curve at Switchback.

Southern Belle leads 18M past Switchback on its way to Bluefield.

The "infamous" Elkhorn Grade (which is very apparent here) has this old warrior down to a crawl on a beautiful fall afternoon along the Pokey in southern West Virginia. Next up, Coaldale... (more)

Ascending Elkhorn grade in the final minutes of daylight, a pair of NS C40-9W's drag 100 loads of Appalachian mined coal over the N&W mainline toward Bluefield. Snow and cold temperatures have mad... (more)

On a rainy, humid day along the Pocahontas District, a clean GE leads an eastbound coal train through the crossover near Crozier as it assaults the Elkhorn Grade. Notice the signal reflecting off ... (more)