A coal train sits under the coaling tower at Farm while waiting on pushers.
The Blue Ribbon Special from Bluefield twists through an S curve east of Welch. The train will transport Pocahontas Division employees across the Heartland Corridor to Williamson before deadheadin... (more)
Charging through Welch, the NS OCS makes good time as she nears the halfway point between Bluefield and Williamson.
A new AC pusher set enters the tunnel in Welch W.Va. Notice the white numberboards. The new units has black ones up to unit NS 8065. Anyone know why the 8066 and higher have the old white ones?
The hottest train on the Pokey, a westbound NS 217 passes the increasingly N&W CPL's in downtown Welch.
Problems at Farm. Idling under the old coaling tower, two coal drags wait for the tracks east to clear before making the ascent up Elkhorn Grade. Within seconds, a westbound drag of coal mtys will... (more)
A standard cab Dash 8 leads a coal drag out of Hemphill No. 2. after getting pushers just on the other side at Farm.
Taken from the town overlook along the bypass, 17M passes through downtown Welch and past the McDowell Co. Courthouse as some railfans shoot from trackside.
Look again, this is not your average 3/4 wedgie. It is a Pokey pusher set featuring new AC and DC units with an SD70M-2 tucked in the middle. A pretty cool pusher lashup for the Pokey.
After finally getting the pusher situation figured out, NS 9957 grinds uphill at Farm on the Pokey. An mty coal drag heads west toward Mohegan on Main 2.
Leaning sharply into the curve, NS 9957 is dwarfed by the huge coaling tower still standing at Farm.
In the town that coal built, NS 2743 breaks the silence as she rolls through Welch, WV.
A Conrail D8 rounds the curv at Welch and splits the old N&W CPLs
A Pokey helper sits in front of a small house in Welch at 5:30 AM.
Stretched through Hemphill 1 & 2 tunnels, autorack train 274 holds at Hemphill signal while a helper crew ties onto the rear at Farm and a air test is completed.
