Power for two radio trains is shoehorned into the cramped servicing pit at Andover. If you threw in some mine run power for the Interstate, this spot could reach almost gridlock at times.

Southern F7A 4263 sports a fairly recent coat of paint as it sits in the servicing area at Andover.

Flying white extra flags, Interstate Extra 4262 East, the 4th Mine Run, makes a switching move while passing through the yard at Andover. Two veteran F-units---F7 4262 and F3 4172 (a.k.a. "Big Sid... (more)

Southern F-units lay over at the "pit" in Andover. Time is ticking away for the veteran freight haulers though. GP38s will send them to the scrap yard before the year is out.

Southern F7A 4208 pokes its nose into the shop at Andover one evening a long time ago. This time exposure was taken from the rear platform of a GP-9.

Consecutively-numbered F7s 4197 and 4198 are in the "pit" at Andover in 1968. GP38s will be on the way next year to dispatch these veteran mountain-maulers to the scrap heap. For the moment, thoug... (more)

Former Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4, painted as Southwest Virginia #4, seen at Andover, VA on the Derby Branch in September 1971. The engine sat here from 1971 until the spring of 1975 when it entere... (more)

NS was still using its old Locotrol mid-train system when this night time exposure was made at the yard at Andover, VA.

During the photographer's two-year stint as a janitor/custodian at the Southern/Interstate yard at Andover, an inbound Interstate mine run passes the scale house (left). The smoke coming from the ... (more)

Back in the day when loads were "dropped" over a scale track one at a time, the SR/Interstate yard crew takes a break at the old scale house at Andover. The tall mast had a yellow signal with a fo... (more)

Steamed up after sitting on the Derby Branch at Andover for almost four years awaiting lease of trackage on which it can run, ex-Buffalo Creek & Gauley No. 4 is ready to roll eastward (behind two ... (more)

At Andover, VA in 1968, extra board operator Jerry Head is busy copying a train order (by hand) being issued by the Knoxville dispatcher. Behind him is the status board, with all kinds of now inte... (more)

Although C&O fans would likely disagree, I would nominate the "Southernized" face of Kanawha 2716 during her brief career in excursion service for the SR as one of the prettiest.

Southern SD24s and a pair of F-units share space at Andover's "Pit" in 1968.

SR 3110 has just arrived with an extra west at Andover.