It was quite a busy day on the Pocahontas Division.. four eastbounds stacked up back to back between Welch and Iaeger waiting on pushers for the shove up Elkhorn Grade, a slew of westbounds on the... (more)
The early morning fog still lingers over Matewan as 52G passes through town passing the historic depot replica
Running engines light northward, 52G has left it's train on main #2 behind me. The train is for Fieldale Farms in Baldwin, only a couple miles to the south. The track there requires loaded unit tr... (more)
A Midwestern grain train is carefully shoved down the fairly steep and winding grade into Fieldale Farms' mill in Baldwin. An old Southern-era milepost sign, for the mainline to the right of the f... (more)
A Midwestern grain train is carefully shoved down the fairly steep and winding grade into Fieldale Farms' mill in Baldwin. The Savannah and Atlanta heritage SD70ACe in the "Tuxedo" schem... (more)
After stopping at Rugby Road a couple of miles back, 52G is already back up to speed, as it rolls thru the CP at Glen Mary.
The engineer gives me a friendly wave as BNSF Dash 9 5371 leads NS 52G east on a cold February day.
