With coal trains increasingly rare on the northern end of the WV Secondary, it was a treat this day, as NS 698 kicked up fresh ballast on it's journey through East Nitro.
Idling on the main at Nitro, NS 381 charges it's air after making a pickup in the yard. This is the 3rd snowfall to affect the Kanawha Valley this winter season with 4"-8" accumulating.
First snowfall of the 2010-2011 Winter season.. NS 7111 idles in Nitro during a snow storm from a Canadian clipper. Ironically, our first snowfall of the 2009-2010 season occurred on December 5th,... (more)