In a drizzling summer rain, a pair of Norfolk Southern's Heritage Units shove a loaded eastbound coal drag upgrade as they lean into a super elevated curve at Switchback.
The "infamous" Elkhorn Grade (which is very apparent here) has this old warrior down to a crawl on a beautiful fall afternoon along the Pokey in southern West Virginia. Next up, Coaldale... (more)
Ascending Elkhorn grade in the final minutes of daylight, a pair of NS C40-9W's drag 100 loads of Appalachian mined coal over the N&W mainline toward Bluefield. Snow and cold temperatures have mad... (more)
On a rainy, humid day along the Pocahontas District, a clean GE leads an eastbound coal train through the crossover near Crozier as it assaults the Elkhorn Grade. Notice the signal reflecting off ... (more)