A Union Pacific ACe leads hopper train NS 811 through control point Arthur in Shawsville.

A Union Pacific ACe leads hopper train NS 811 through control point Arthur in Shawsville.

With a train of empties for Carbo & Toms Creek in tow, NS AC44C6M #4222 brings NS 811 railroad westbound through the control point at "Raven" on the former N&W Clinch Valley District. Ra... (more)

NS 811 rolls out of Welch Tunnel and over the Tug Fork River.

NS 811 rolls out of a tunnel in Big Four, WV.

Snow falls in Eckman, WV as NS 811 thunders west.

The fall colors and heritage colors match in Elkhorn, WV as NS 811 rumbles west.

Hopper train NS 811 pounds the rails over Coopers Trestle.

With a fresh crew on board, NS 811 leaves Bluefield with a heritage duo.

A heritage duo of the Lackawanna and Nickel Plate lead NS 811 into a snowy Bluefield yard.

With just enough morning light to start shooting, NS 811 rolls west through Oakvale, WV with a heritage duo.

With just enough morning light to start shooting, NS 811 rolls west through Oakvale, WV with a heritage duo.

NS 811 roars into Roanoke well into the night. The Lackawanna and Nickel Plate Road heritage units lead the empty coal train back towards the mines of West Virginia.

With 110 empty NS coal hoppers on the drawbar, NS 4222 heads south along the Clinch Valley District near Pounding Mill, Va. Their next stop would be Carbo where they would drop 5 cars before headi... (more)

NS 811 passes the former N&W signal set at control point Seneca headed towards Roanoke.