NS 3560, a B32-8 spends Memorial Day Weekend on the diesel pit in Nitro.

NS 380 works the yard at Nitro on a clear spring night.

NS 4611, a GP59 sporting the TransCaer logo sits in the beautiful evening light at the Nitro Yard.

NS 3555, the Nitro Local idles by the yard office as NS 380 works the yard in the background.

Despite the poor economy, it's nice to see these veteran high hoods receiving new paint in 2010.

A freshly painted high hood GP38-2 idles on the Nitro Fuel Pit covered with snow from a recent storm. Notice the piles of sand near the plow.

NS 5035, a freshly painted high hood GP38-2 idles in Nitro on NS J1A, the Institute Shifter.

While during my trip to the Nitro Yard, I was only anticipating a single GP38-2, but to my surprise, a pair of two former Central Georgia GP38-2's were spotted idling near the fuel pit. NS 5118, t... (more)

A former Southern GP38-2 high hood idles on the Nitro Pit under a crisp January sky.

NS 3101 idles in the snow at Nitro Yard while the Kanawha River Transit bus stop sits unoccupied.

One of the crew members of NS J1J arrives at the yard office as their yard engine, NS 3101 idles on the pit awaiting their arrival.

My 300th photo accepted to Railpictures.net shows NS J1J with a clean GP40-2 idling in Nitro Yard just prior to beginning yard switching. A group of frozen switches prevented NS from doing their r... (more)

NS 380 idles in Nitro with a UP visitor as NS J1J idles on the Nitro fuel pit.

Trespassers! Some people just don't understand. NS 380 departs the Nitro Yard enroute to Institute. These two kids, which apparently do not care that a train is less than a stones throw away (pun ... (more)

The beginning of summer! NS 380 idles in Nitro on a rather hot and humid June evening. The economy is really effecting the freight trains on the Secondary these days. Today's 380 is a massive nine... (more)