Loaded grainer NS 40N makes its way out of Bluefield yard with the Reading Lines heritage unit on point.

Snow blankets Bluefield as NS 18W heads east out of the yard by a CPL with the Lackawanna heritage in charge.

NS 11E comes into a snowy Bluefield Yard with 8025 in the lead.

A heritage duo of the Lackawanna and Nickel Plate lead NS 811 into a snowy Bluefield yard.

A loaded coal train makes its way out of Bluefield yard as it passes the CPL at the east end of the yard. Normally multiple trains block this shot, so after many years of wanting it, it finally ha... (more)

Viewed from the newly opened King Coal Highway Bridge, eastbound NS 820 passes through the interlocking at RD, starting down the mountain, snaking out of Bluefield Yard on their trip towards Roano... (more)

Hopper train NS 815 makes its way into Bluefield yard.

Loaded grainer NS 54J makes its way into Bluefield yard with the Nickel Plate in charge.

A Canadian National ES44DC leads ethanol train NS 64D east out of Bluefield yard.

With 2 widebody GE's and a train of loads from Consol, NS 820 pulls from Bluefield Yard after a crew change headed east for Roanoke and eventually Norfolk.

Some days, you just get a little bit of luck. Westbound NS 277 climbs the hill through Bluefield Yard with the Lehigh Valley heritage unit leading. Beside it, train 51X sits tied down at Moore’s... (more)

A former Southern unit leads an empty hopper back to the coalfields with a nice mixed consist, something increasingly rare.

Back when things were busier this was a great place to watch trains. Here a westbound empty coal train is rolling up while a set of power, maybe helpers recently cut off, are on the adjoining tra... (more)

Probably Labor Day Weekend. Note this unit was built with regular (rail spreading) Alco trucks. Demoted to yard service the massive assemblage of tractive effort is assisting an inbound freight.

The NS 1067 Reading with the 1071 CNJ trailing lead the Q47 west past the N&W CPL's at Ada.