Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8021 is on her knees thundering east in Notch 8 outside of Maybeury, WV and Elkhorn Tunnel on January 28, 2021. Enroute to Bluefield, WV this heavy coal drag will be route... (more)

NS 8790 trails a 3 unit pusher set assisting an eastbound coal train up the Elkhorn Grade at Maybeury West Virginia. The bridge at Maybeury crosses over highway route 52.

Mixed freight 188 climbs the grade into Elkhorn Tunnel in Maybeury, WV on a warm March morning. This train is nearing its next stop in Bluefield, where it'll change crews and continue onward towar... (more)

8693 and C39-8 8675 haul westbound coal empties over the Coal Heritage Road bridge.

It's late afternoon in the West Virginia hollers. The sun sets behind the mountains early here. After a long day of chasing trains back and forth along Route 52 in McDowell County, it's time to he... (more)

Former N&W SD40-2, 6162, leads an eastbound coal train up the Elkhorn grade about a quarter mile west of Elkhorn Tunnel.

Former N&W SD40-2, 6145, leads a freight train down grade on the west side of Elkhorn Tunnel with the classic N&W CPLs standing watch.

A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train crosses the bridge over Elkhorn Creek at Maybeury, West Virginia, on a sunny May 14, 2014.

An eastbound coal drag climbs through Maybeury, WV.

In a spectacular winter scene, pushers drift through the thru truss bridge at Maybeury, WV on the NS Pocahontas "Pokey" District. The pushers are destined for Farm to assist another coal... (more)

On what was a gorgeous fall day, train 194 crawls up the near 2% grade, surprisingly without helpers.

The NS "Blue Mule" DC to AC conversion pushes a coal train over the top of Flat Top Mountain via the Elkhorn Tunnel on a beautiful fall day.

Mission accomplished, as the 3 newest pushers (two new ET44ACs and the "DC to AC" conversion) duck into the void atop the infamous Elkhorn grade located inside the cavernous Elkhorn Tunn... (more)

The blue mule and 2 ET44AC's push 83K east to Flat Top

The J58 helper trio shoves on the rear of 64M, passing through the trestle at Maybeury. About a mile ahead, the train will crest Elkhorn grade inside of Elkhorn Tunnel.