In the dying sunlight an empty WB hopper train heels into a curve on the upgrade along the East River, down between the many ridges of the Appalachians.
Following the East River between the ridges the Norfolk & Western had a few squiggles to negotiate to reach the easy grades along the beautiful New River. Just east of Oakvale this train, its dy... (more)
Former Norfolk & Western 8530 throttles up as it is just about to cross over the Tug Fork River and enter Welch tunnel with an eastbound coal train heading for Bluefield West Virginia. The track o... (more)
On short term lease these units made things interesting in the nineties and I missed most of them but got lucky on this date. I might have caught him in the street in La Grange had gotten out a b... (more)