As the light fades quickly and the clouds begin to dump rain over the beautiful mountains of West Virginia, the Nickel Plate Road heritage unit sails across the Coopers viaduct trestle, shoving on... (more)
Pushing hard up the famed N&W Elkhorn Grade, Norfolk Southern's Nickel Plate Heritage Unit ducks through the classic N&W Bridge over Route 52 in Maybeury on the Pocahontas District.
Having just crested the Elkhorn Grade, helper set J59 is now along for the ride for a few miles as coal drag 746 drifts downgrade through Coopers and Bluestone, WV, home to the famed Coopers Trest... (more)
Nickel Plate Road-painted NS 8100 and standard ES44AC 8120 shove NS 746 through Keystone, WV. The Elkhorn Grade is really starting to bite hard, as the two SD70ACes on the head end and these two E... (more)
Pusher set J59 shoves Belews Creek, NC coal train 746 through Big Four Tunnel No. 1, between Huger and the Big Four Wal-Mart, where the east portal of this same tunnel is conveniently located.
Nestled in the Pocahontas Coal Fields along Route 52, the silence is broken in the small town of Keystone, West Virginia as a pair of AC motors; one being Norfolk Southern's Nickel Plate Heritage ... (more)
Shoving against the rear of eastbound Belews Creek coal train 746, Norfolk Southern's Nickle Plate Road Heritage Unit ducks into one of the many N&W Tunnels on the Pocahontas District.
The Nickel Plate heritage unit leads NS 591 west on track one under Pandora Road.
Coal empties returning from North Carolina to Shire Oaks, Pennsylvania
A psychedelic sky frames the Nickel Plate Heritage, completing the journey from Jacksonville, FL to East Point, GA.
"ROCKVILLE DELIGHT" 747 with NS Heritage 8100 the Nickel Plate leads empty hoppers across the Susie Q north of Harrisburg on its way back to the mines of Western Pennsylvania... (more)
The Nickel Plate Heritage Unit takes Sandusky, OH to Jacksonville, FL Roadrailer 251 past a Christmas Tree farm in rural Georgia.
Empties from Bellews Creek, NC on their way back to to Shire Oaks, PA, behind the Nickel Plate heritage unit.
NS 8100 leads the northbound trip from Shenandoah, VA to Hagerstown, MD during an early morning run through the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.
Empties from Bellews Creek, NC proceeding to Shire Oaks, PA, crossing the Susquehanna River near sunset behind the Nickel Plate heritage unit.
