This old bridge is part of the wye in Iaeger. NS J5M waits for NS 18M. These two units will become pushers for the daily freight train.
NS loaded coal train U9V behind a pair of C40-9Ws eases down the mainline passing a nearly full Auville Yard on the Dry Fork Branch. If this is any sign of the times, the coal business is very str... (more)
NS westbound freight 147 rolls through downtown Iaeger on main #2 toward Williamson and points west. more)
A pair of clean NS units lead 183 empties westbound across the Tug Fork and into the yard at Auville via the east leg of the Iaeger wye. To the left of the frame, the signal guarding the west leg ... (more)
NS 750 puts a coal drag together as it passes under the yard bridge. The drag will soon turn east at Iaeger and head to Bluefield with a fresh crew just dropped off by the van in the distance.
A busy coal yard on the Pokey, NS 750 puts a coal drag together before heading east toward the Elkhorn Grade. Traffic has picked up at Auville with new mines opening further south on the branches ... (more)
The story of the Pokey. Coal loads down, empties up. 764 heads east with loads while U21 pulls clear of the Hull interlocking with caboose in tow.
Power about to head out for Sandy Huff.
A C39-8 holds main two under this classic N&W signal bridge as a coal train heads west on main one. This signal type is one of only a few left on the Pokey.
A "saved from the torch" C39-8 strains to get the loaded coal cars underway.
The Auville Coaling Tower framed by a trio of helpers in the Auville Yard.
A manifest wheels through the curves in Iaeger, one of many small, photogenic towns along the Pokey.
Relics of the past are all congregrated at Iaeger on this December day
Pushers waiting in Auville Yard near the old steam vintage coaling tower.
