With a UP SD70M leading the way, 272 passes through the East End of Eckman Yard on their way to Bluefield.

The Lehigh Valley unit leads a empty coal train up the scenic Pocahontas division. It slows through the small town of Keystone before going into a holding yard to wait its turn to be reloaded.

A Roanoke shops rebuild (former Dash9-40C 8789) leads loaded coal train 762 by the iconic N&W CPL signals at Keystone, WV.

NS 4002 and NS 4000, 2 of the special painted AC44C6M rebuilds, lead Eastbound 762 through Keystone, passing the CPL signal which is slated to be replaced in the coming weeks.

A pusher set chases pigeons down the tracks.

On what was a gorgeous fall day, Helper set J60 shoves hard on the rear of a loaded coal, passing through the east end ofEckman yard and by the soon to be gone CPL's.

J60 slowly rolls by the Keystone, WV, mine.

A man and his dog rest in the shade of the UMWA building in Keystone, West Virginia, as a Norfolk Southern coal train rumbles through town on a warm spring day of May 14, 2014.

Westbound helpers roll through Keystone, bound for Farm to assist the 194 into Bluefield, with the Conrail heritage on point.

On a balmy Spring afternoon, NS loaded coal train 83J led by an EMD SD60 and a standard cab GE grinds around an S-Curve in Keystone, West Virginia with locomotives in run eight while ascending Elk... (more)

An eastbound loaded coal train rolls past the color position lights and abandoned Presbyterian church in downtown Keystone, W.Va. The gloomy weather matches the gloomy town.

As the late evening shadows begin to creep into the small community of Keystone West Virginia, enough light is still present to light up the NS 29G as a pair of BNSF motors lead their train west o... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Valley ES44AC No. 8104 leads a westbound coal train through the small community of Keystone, WV on a nice fall afternoon.

On a gloomy fall afternoon a pair of new SD70ACe's grind up the Elkhorn Grade with eastbound Belews Creek Coal Train 746 and past a N&W CPL on the Pocahontas District.

Nickel Plate Road-painted NS 8100 and standard ES44AC 8120 shove NS 746 through Keystone, WV. The Elkhorn Grade is really starting to bite hard, as the two SD70ACes on the head end and these two E... (more)