Sand is flying and exhaust smoke fills the air, as No. 81V assaults the last few hundred yards of 1.7% grade, while crawling uphill into the quaint community of Honaker, Va., along NS' Clinch Vall... (more)
Westbound NS manifest No. 885 was splitting the signals at Honaker, VA on May 10, 1992 with two C39-8s. I was intrigued with the design of these units and wish I had shot them more.
Dropping down into town, ATCS and a Hi-Green alerted us to the impending Bluefield bound drag.