NS 29C makes its way west through Oakvale, West Virginia with the Illinois Terminal heritage in the lead.

CSX 7864 leads intermodal NS 29C through some beautiful morning light on Oakvale, WV.

Canadian Pacific 7008 makes the return trip west with NS 29C. Here it’s seen rolling west just outside of Oakvale, WV along the western end of the NS Christiansburg district.

A loaded rock train crosses eases across the bridge over the small town of Oakvale nearing the connection onto the N&W

Rumbling alongside Ingleside Road in Oakvale, WV, NS 217 continues west toward its final destination of Chicago, Ill.

NS 217 rumbles west through Oakvale, Wv beside the old Oakvale depot.

A trio of NS GE products lead eastbound NS 392 as it glides along the wall just outside of downtown Oakvale, WV as it passes a stopped eb grain train after a snowfall from earlier that morning.

In some great morning light for a westbound, NS 217 heads west through Oakvale, Wv with a BNSF SD75M on point.

NS U86 eases over the trestle in Oakvale, Wv on the Princeton Deepwater District. The AC44C6M and ACe are pulling the train toward Princeton, Wv to load rock.

With a beautiful sky and the help of some flashes, NS 6W4 is seen here rolling east through Oakvale, Wv with a BNSF warbonnet on point.

Either a really early, or a really late NS 29G rolls west by Ingleside Rd in Oakvale, Wv.

The Contrail heritage unit thunders by the dilapidated Oakvale Depot with NS 393.

The sky glows over Oakvale, Wv at the end of the day as NS 815 rumbles through with 4000 in the lead.

NS 6D4 hits the straight stretch in Oakvale, Wv with a CP unit in the lead as it heads east toward Roanoke, Va.

Norfolk Southern #3624 leads a manifest freight through the fading fog and silence of Oakvale, West Virginia on the morning of April 26, 2021.