A loaded NS coal train heads east through Glenvar, VA as some spring colors are showing.

A loaded NS coal train heads east through Ironto, VA as some spring colors are showing.

When was the last one? The last time a crew scrambled to assemble their gear, the cook shopped for provisions and the big hook was prepared to move out. Before Hulcher and Corman overcame quaint... (more)

Looking for a good college, rural setting, small class size with 6 or so trains each way per day? Check this out. Oh, and by the way, bring $$. WB train, probably #112, the "wrong way"... (more)

Hopper train NS 821 heads west through Wabun, VA near control point Singer.

After squiggling down the creek from Bluefield this auto rack train is cruising along the New River.

An ACe leads a loaded ethanol train east through Wabun, VA on the Whitethorne district.

Train #112 was an eastbound train but on this route segment it is running west on a nice fall day.

A Norfolk Southern rail bus cruises past the photographer as it approaches its next stop at Seaside Amusement Park in this July 1937 photograph.

NS did what I consider a tasteful job of renumbering when they acquired their portion of Conrail. This unit is working a mine run on the former Interstate. It's still around, rebuilt to 6354 and... (more)

After my previous posting the locomotive stayed in our area for a while and here is a photo of it idling the day away.

Between East Drive and North Church the former N&W followed the narrow confines of the Middle Fork of the Holston River, at this point just a large creek, more or less. Sharp curves before and af... (more)

I posted the helpers first. Here is the front of that train I uploaded earlier. Back in the coal days. Back when there were locomotive on the roster not numbered in the 4000s, LOL.

A GP38-2 is on the point and there are helpers in the middle with these guys kicked back and rattling along in Run 8 all the way to Big Cut and the top of the grade. Back in the coal days.

After a quick crew change, NS 29C leaves Bluefield with the Monongahela heritage on point.