Norfolk Southern ES44DC #7594 hustles east past an old church near Eckman, WV on February 20, 2021 with its manifest train enroute for Bluefield, WV on the former N&W Pocahontas Division.

"The Heart of the Nation's Coal Bin" - Welch, West Virginia: Nestled deep in the heart of southern West Virginia lies the city of Welch. Founded in 1893 and named after Isaiah Welch, a f... (more)

On her knees, NS #4321, new paint job and all, is giving all she's worth climbing Christiansburg Mountain in the late afternoon light of February 7, 2021 along NS' Christiansburg District.

Norfolk Southern 8061 and 7701 speed east under the former Norfolk & Western coaling tower at Vicker along Crab Creek with a short manifest train on February 7, 2021

Passing through Pembroke, VA, NS 393 slithers west to Bluefield, WV past an old N&W concrete structure on the snowy morning of February 7, 2021.

A friendly horse eyes the photographer on the morning of February 7, 2021 as an eastbound intermodal descends Christiansburg mountain on Norfolk Southern's Christiansburg District outside of Shaws... (more)

NS #4317, an AC44C6M, speeds up Christiansburg mountain through the snowy town of Shawsville, VA on the morning of February 7, 2021.

The sound of Norfolk Southern train 393 fills the valley near Shawsville, VA on the morning of February 7, 2021 as it slowly crawls up Christiansburg mountain in Notch 8 along the former N&W mainl... (more)

In a bitterly cold wintry scene, a train of loaded coal hoppers fly into Elkhorn Tunnel outside of Maybeury, WV on January 28, 2021 as they head east to Bluefield, WV over the famous Elkhorn Grade... (more)

Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8021 is on her knees thundering east in Notch 8 outside of Maybeury, WV and Elkhorn Tunnel on January 28, 2021. Enroute to Bluefield, WV this heavy coal drag will be route... (more)

Norfolk Southern Dash 9-44CW #9889 bypasses the sleepy railyard near Kimball, WV on January 28, 2021 with its intermodal train deep in the mountains of southern West Virginia.

Passing old warehouse buildings, Norfolk Southern #8044 thunders through the town of Welch, WV on January 28, 2021 as it continues west through the mountains of West Virginia.

An empty set of coal hoppers awaits a refill outside of Eckman, WV as Norfolk Southern #8044 passes under the signals at the west end of the yard on January 28, 2021 along the former Norfolk & Wes... (more)

"West to Williamson!": Norfolk Southern #8044, after a brief crew change, charges west into the Pocahontas Division and the coal fields of West Virginia with its manifest train on Januar... (more)

Norfolk Southern #8044 arrives in Bluefield, WV on January 28, 2021 with its manifest freight train. It's all downhill from here for #8044 as it continues west as shown by the grade profile in the... (more)