Eastbound 20R emerges from the fog encompassing the Brush Creek valley at MP 332 this morning. Canon 20D and 70-200mm lens.
I tried something different, since I always find coal trains stopped here, waiting on intermodal traffic. So, here's NS 519 waiting on 24Z passing on #1 track. Canon 10D, ISO 100, 28-90mm f4/5, f2... (more)
A set of westbound lite helpers roll through scenic and remote Davy, WV past the old Davy Bar & Grill. The train will assist a 150-car loaded train out of Auville later this evening.
NS 9776 and two sister GE's shove on the rear of eastbound loaded coal train 814 at Graham, just west of the Clinch Valley Main's junction with the "Pokey" mainline in Bluefield.
Black is beautiful - or boring, unlike those colorful BNSF units. NS 9776 leads two other Dash 9s, 9704 and 9655, westbound at the Oliver Township bldg., MP 131.7.
