NS Wabash heritage unit #1070 flies past the coal prep plant in Keystone, WV on March 7, 2021 hauling train 393. This structure according to my sources, as part of the coal preparation process, co... (more)

Wabash heritage unit #1070 drifts downgrade through Maybeury, WV on March 7, 2021. This area of the Pocahontas Division was originally electrified, but upon realignment and construction in the lat... (more)

After a brief crew change, NS 393 lead by Wabash heritage unit #1070 rolls out of Bluefield, WV on the afternoon of March 7, 2021. Standing at 125 feet tall, the coaling tower in the background wa... (more)

"Follow the Flag": Originally a Class 1 railroad that served Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri and the province of Ontario, Canada, the Wabash railroad was a major freigh... (more)

NS Wabash heritage unit #1070 hauling train 393 pulls into Bluefield, WV on the morning of March 7, 2021. Meanwhile, an NS conductor, surrounded by empty coal hoppers awaiting a ride, radios and s... (more)

Having arrived to the east end of the Bluefield, WV yards, NS 393, lead by Wabash heritage unit #1070, creeps its way along the southside main on March 7, 2021. In June 1952, the N&W began constru... (more)

NS Wabash heritage unit #1070 passes through an S curve outside of Ingleside, WV on March 7, 2021 hauling NS train 393.

There are lots of S curves to be had on the far western end of the Christiansburg District as NS Wabash heritage unit #1070 leads NS 393 to Bluefield, WV on March 7, 2021 outside of Ingleside, WV.... (more)

NS 393, with Wabash heritage unit #1070 leading, flies west along Norfolk Southern's Christiansburg District outside of Glen Lyn, VA on March 7, 2021. Zoom pan at 1/13th a second.

During golden hour on a late March evening, NS 1070 the Wabash heritage unit leads NS 393 up grade as it heads for Bluefield.

Another day and another NS 393 with the Wabash leading. In 7 days this unit has led the same train west through the area three times. This time no chase, just a one and done shot at John Farm in S... (more)

The final spot on the NS 393 chase will be in the old coal mining town of Iaeger, Wv. I would have loved to have seen here and Welch in it's prime when coal was king. Here the Wabash heritage unit... (more)

The Wabash heritage unit pops out of Welch Tunnel in Welch, Wv as it leads NS 393 toward Colombus, Oh.

The Wabash heritage unit pulls autorack train NS 393 west by the abandoned coal mine in Keystone, Wv.

NS 393 rolls out of the trestle in Maybuery, Wv that is located over RT 52 in McDowell, Co. The Wabash heritage unit leads the train on a beautiful March afternoon.