NS 52V weathers a snowstorm along the Pokey. Boy, that EMD looks good in the snow!

A freight train makes the ice fly.

A slower coal train sits in the hole waiting on a faster time freight to pass. The classic signals are soon history as their replacements lay trackside waiting to be installed.

A fresh crew gets their gameplan together before taking a mine run out of the yard.

Eight engines grace the lashup of this train. The train is going west and downhill. Not all engines were online. I assume this is a power move.

A freight train roars out of the west portal of Glen Alum.

A slower coal train holds the center siding to allow the time freight to get ahead of it. The conductor of the coal train stands in the clear as he watches the freight by.

The HUMVEE train stops and gets a fresh crew in Williamson while NS special agent J.D. Farley inspects the train.

Tight fits and tight curves help define the Pokey in this remote area. Top Gons sit on the center siding awaiting their fate as an MTY coal train goes by.

A turn job with older power brings loads off the Gilbert Br. and onto the Pokey main near Glen Alum.

Four big units make up todays lashup on 233. They include a catfish, two SD 50's numbered 6518 and 6519, and a CR dash-8.

A coal train works a cut of cars in the early morning fog.

The conductor tries to get the engineer to smile for the photo but nothing doing. With 90 deg. temps cooking the black engine with no A/C, there is not much to smile about today.

I was just about to give up for the evening as the sun was fading fast. I was rewarded with an awesome lashup of color and power. Every railfan should find something they like in this combination.

A new school foreign visitor passes an old school yard dog in the yard at Williamson.