Two of NS' Heritage Units, the Southern and the Erie assist a train to Bluefield going through the town of Keystone.
Leading a coal train, NS no. 9428 makes his way through a cut at Keystone and over the bridge.
NS 9483 makes his way Westbound through the snow with a empty coal train.
NS 8059 and another GE unit are the pushers for this coal train as it rumbles through the rural town of Keystone, WV along the former N&W rails of the Pocahontas Division.
NS 8102 (PRR) makes his way West through Keystone in the snow.
A school bus loads children at the stop near the church as an empty coal train works its way back into the McDowell County coal fields. The train catches a red signal and comes to a stop just befo... (more)
NS 8059 assist a loaded coal train to Bluefield.
NS 1060 hauling a manifest by the old Coal Facility in Keystone, VA.
A peek behind the curtain, which is used by the Russian owned Mechel Bluestone Coal Company in downtown Keystone WV to shield the citizens from dust and to look a little more aesthetically pleasin... (more)
Pushers rattle the windows in downtown Keystone on a quite Sunday morning.
After pushing one up the Grade, this pusher set heads back to Farm to repeat the job all over again.
Coal passing coal. Empty hopper train 755 passes the large prep plant at Keystone.
I'd always wanted this shot at Keystone but it never seemed to come about due to trackwork.
With the tunnel construction curfew out of the way for the day 17M follows the fleet of westbounds already ahead past the coal prep plant at Keystone.
Bearing the coal dust of a hard days work and strapped in, a worker cautiously releases the brake allowing a Top Gon to roll downhill under the coal loadout. In this modern day it's hard to believ... (more)
