Former N&W SD40-2, 1639 and 6129, bring an eastbound coal train into Bluefield yard past N&W 611 waiting on an out-bound track to go west with a ferry run to Portsmouth, OH. Several freight cars h... (more)
Former N&W SD40-2, 1644 is leading a set of pushers that have cut-off from an eastbound coal train, seen in the distance, and are heading back west to assist another eastbound train into Bluefield... (more)
The Nickel Plate Road and the Norfolk And Western heritage units are getting serviced and refueled in the yard after a hard days work pushing freight trains up the Pokey into Bluefield Yard!
Year old GE C39-8, 8555, is departing Bluefield yard for points east. Two additional loaded coal trains are awaiting their turn. Bluefield was a busy place back in 1985. Not so much nowadays.