Look what's in the back yard! The family dog appears to pay no attention as 1218 blasts around one of the loops heading for Asheville, NC.

A relaxed crew member enjoys the ride on a Pusher Set assisting an eastbound coal train heading for Bluefield WV. They have just exited Vivian Tunnel.

Boy were we spoiled! From 1987 to 1992 both of these fantastic steam engines were running mainline excursions and ferry moves on the Norfolk Southern System. This double headed run is somewhere so... (more)

View from the vestibule…Our westbound excursion train is passing Shaffers Crossing Roundhouse, in the left background, and a yard switching crew that includes N&W U30B 8476 and C7F caboose 55755... (more)

Waiting for a rebuild. Former Union Pacific SD90MAC 8119 nee 3621, shares a siding with NS 3495, SD40-2, sporting the Operation LifeSaver paint scheme. 7307 will be rebuilt in June of 2017 into an... (more)

Eastbound coal leaving Bluefield on track one while four additional trains await their turn. Next out will be the train with a variety of eight diesels on the head end. Identifiable are N&W SD40... (more)

A crew member chats with a railfan while a young boy daydreams about one day becoming an engineer of a steam locomotive. 2716 is a C&O 2-8-4 "Kanawha" that has been Southernized by the ... (more)

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Crew are tending to their beloved Berkshire as she takes a spin on the Hinton Turntable. This was a regular scene in the early to mid 1980's during the f... (more)

The Bluefield Coaling Tower looms large in this shot taken from the north side of Bluefield Yard. Southern SD35, 3058, and N&W SD35, 1578, wait for their next assignment and several tracks are ful... (more)

An eastbound coal train, lead by SD40-2, 6171 and C30-7, 8010, pass N&W 611 on the tight curve at Keystone. Westbound 611 is on a ferry move from Bluefield to Portsmouth Ohio with a few freight ca... (more)

I found this former C&O passenger car, that had been converted for Maintenance of Way use, rusting away in the weeds at the east end of Hinton Yard.

In January 1985, Ross Roland was running tests for his ACE 3000 project with C&O 4-8-4 #614 between Huntington, WV and Hinton, WV. The eastbound train had stopped here just west of Handley to chec... (more)

A matched set of F7, A-B-B-A, lead by Seaboard System 118(former Clinchfield 200)descends the famous Clinchfield Loops with an excursion train bound for Spartanburg, SC.

N&W 611 is being serviced in preparation for a northbound run out of Salisbury NC. It was rare to see the engine with a nice patina of road grime like this. It gives it the appearance of an older ... (more)

Lots of "stuff" to see in this photo. Three tunnel motors bring a freight through the yard lead by Cotton Belt SD40T-2 8334, followed by SP SD40T-2, 8278 and SP SD45T-2, 9288. Behind 928... (more)