Idling on the mainline at Nitro, the Nitro-Institute overnight chemical turn waits for updated paperwork from the yard office before returning south to the large chemical complexes alongside the K... (more)
On a damp and humid summer evening in the Kanawha Valley, original Southern high hood GP38-2 No. 5043 idles on the pit track at Nitro, silhouetted against the fading evening light. Some of Norfolk... (more)
Unassigned and tied down for the night in Nitro's MOW spur, Southern Railway built SD40-2 No. 3226 rests with a work train in tow. The 1973 built SD40-2 may be showing her age in the form of a dec... (more)
Disrupting the silence in downtown Nitro at the early morning hour of 2am, a severe thunderstorm rolls across the Kanawha Valley, bringing with it an impressive lightning show. The single yard eng... (more)
A room with a view.. Enroute to Institute from Nitro to switch local industries, the evening shifter passes Diehl's Restaurant, a well established country style diner frequented by many locals. Op... (more)