A Pokey helper set exits Coopers tunnel and the trestle that crosses the old Bluestone Branch and River during the last light od the day.

Shoving hard on the rear of train 746, the Nickel Plate Road heritage unit pushes the long coal drag toward Bluefield.

As the light fades quickly and the clouds begin to dump rain over the beautiful mountains of West Virginia, the Nickel Plate Road heritage unit sails across the Coopers viaduct trestle, shoving on... (more)

Pushing hard up the famed N&W Elkhorn Grade, Norfolk Southern's Nickel Plate Heritage Unit ducks through the classic N&W Bridge over Route 52 in Maybeury on the Pocahontas District.

Having just crested the Elkhorn Grade, helper set J59 is now along for the ride for a few miles as coal drag 746 drifts downgrade through Coopers and Bluestone, WV, home to the famed Coopers Trest... (more)

Nickel Plate Road-painted NS 8100 and standard ES44AC 8120 shove NS 746 through Keystone, WV. The Elkhorn Grade is really starting to bite hard, as the two SD70ACes on the head end and these two E... (more)

Pusher set J59 shoves Belews Creek, NC coal train 746 through Big Four Tunnel No. 1, between Huger and the Big Four Wal-Mart, where the east portal of this same tunnel is conveniently located.

Nestled in the Pocahontas Coal Fields along Route 52, the silence is broken in the small town of Keystone, West Virginia as a pair of AC motors; one being Norfolk Southern's Nickel Plate Heritage ... (more)

Shoving against the rear of eastbound Belews Creek coal train 746, Norfolk Southern's Nickle Plate Road Heritage Unit ducks into one of the many N&W Tunnels on the Pocahontas District.

Norfolk Southern's Virginian heritage SD70ACe shoves the rear of 83E as they pass the N&W CPL signal at Falls Mills.

The Virginian heritage unit shoves hard on the rear of manifest 194 at Landgraff, WV in a decent rain shower. The run has been quick so far, but the train will struggle progressively more as it hi... (more)

Pushers glide downhill by an old concrete marker.