Westbound grain empties enter the yard at Bluefield.

A freshly rebuilt SD60E leads a pack of motors under the old coaling tower at Bluefield.

An ex-Southern high hood sits on a work train in Bluefield as the sun begins to set behind the surrounding mountains.

With the need of helper sets on trains down in the Pokey, The Illinois Terminal was stuck in Bluefield, West Virginia, working hard getting coal loads to Bluefield yard.

A short 185 climbs up the Radford pull-in and will soon be on its way to Portsmouth with a fresh re-crew.

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

The NS Q47 eases slowly into Bluefield after making the 3 1/2 hour trip from Roanoke.

Norfolk Southern's yard in Bluefeild is just a shell of a operation of what it once was. Often this yard used to be filled with diesel smoke and long strings of coal hoppers or even earlier steam ... (more)

The NS Q47 eases slowly into Bluefield after making the 3 1/2 hour trip from Roanoke.

I like that smudge. All too often excursion engines are so squeaky clean they look like they don't work at all. As she prepares to go for some servicing there's no it has been a hard pull this t... (more)

Coming west into the yard at Bluefield is a manifest led by a CN Cowl unit.

On a sentimental journey for an old friend who had not been here in over 25 years we caught this westbound hopper train making its way through the trackwork toward the double track main line.

Beautiful blue skies greet departing empty train 737 as it passes under the classic CPL at Bluefield, WV.

At twilight and after receiving a quick crew-change, No. 272 departs the yard at Bluefield, W.Va., behind a pair of brand new Canadian National ES44AC's leading the relatively light autorack train... (more)

NS 762 pulls upgrade as it crosses a short bridge near Bluefield with a pair of foreign GE's leading upgrade.