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.
A Birds Eye view shows downtown Bluefield and Norfolk Southern’s yard.
An NS empty coal train waits in a snowfall in Bluefield
Fall is well along but global warming seems to have pushed the height of the leaf season to later in the year lately. This slug set is leading EB coal about to depart.
After the merger mixed power is assigned to a helper. The last N&W paint scheme, though somber, was a huge improvement over the despised "NW". Photo by Dave Petke.
NS 51V leaving Bluefield Yard
Helper set entering the engine facility back when the yard was huge, coal trains were frequent and the skyline in the background was vastly different.
A coal train waits to leave Bluefield yard as NS 119 comes in with a BNSF leader.
The Wabash heritage unit brings NS 19W into Bluefield yard for a crew change.
The Virginian heritage unit leads NS 119 westbound as it makes its way into Bluefield, WV.
We made a stop on our way back to Florida in Bluefield to wait out some of the snow such is this train was doing. The area was quite busy with 6 movements inside of an hour.
A new C6M leads a coal train east out of Bluefield, WV.
