Loaded grainer NS 54J makes its way into Bluefield yard with the Nickel Plate in charge.

A Canadian National ES44DC leads ethanol train NS 64D east out of Bluefield yard.

With 2 widebody GE's and a train of loads from Consol, NS 820 pulls from Bluefield Yard after a crew change headed east for Roanoke and eventually Norfolk.

Some days, you just get a little bit of luck. Westbound NS 277 climbs the hill through Bluefield Yard with the Lehigh Valley heritage unit leading. Beside it, train 51X sits tied down at Moore’s... (more)

A former Southern unit leads an empty hopper back to the coalfields with a nice mixed consist, something increasingly rare.

Back when things were busier this was a great place to watch trains. Here a westbound empty coal train is rolling up while a set of power, maybe helpers recently cut off, are on the adjoining tra... (more)

Probably Labor Day Weekend. Note this unit was built with regular (rail spreading) Alco trucks. Demoted to yard service the massive assemblage of tractive effort is assisting an inbound freight.

The NS 1067 Reading with the 1071 CNJ trailing lead the Q47 west past the N&W CPL's at Ada.

A Birds Eye view shows downtown Bluefield and Norfolk Southern’s yard.

An NS empty coal train waits in a snowfall in Bluefield

Fall is well along but global warming seems to have pushed the height of the leaf season to later in the year lately. This slug set is leading EB coal about to depart.

After the merger mixed power is assigned to a helper. The last N&W paint scheme, though somber, was a huge improvement over the despised "NW". Photo by Dave Petke.

NS 51V leaving Bluefield Yard

Helper set entering the engine facility back when the yard was huge, coal trains were frequent and the skyline in the background was vastly different.

A coal train waits to leave Bluefield yard as NS 119 comes in with a BNSF leader.