N&W 1131 and slug 9910 are switching in the yard at Bluefied, West Virginia, in October of 1980.
EB grain train
Slug mom for ex-Trainmaster works the yard
Back when Bluefield had a yard switcher.
This just says N&W to me, big power, big hill, big train and CPL signals (forever!)
Even then we sensed these were getting scarce.
Another of the seemingly endless strings sawing over
From the wall by the Exxon station you could watch units shuffle around all day.
Experimental paint job from another angle
Shuffling units around. 803 is another example of the typical N&W colorful and well maintained paint.