After picking up outbound cars in the small yard at Nitro, UP SD70M No. 4921 idles on the head end of northbound freight, NS 381 on a early fall morning in downtown Nitro.

NS 1072 passes over the bridge at Point Pleasant.

Northbound freight 381 crosses the Ohio River, after obtaining an EC1 across the CSX owned bridge, continuing his journey towards Columbus.

After making a set off at Nitro for local industries with NS' Illinois Terminal heritage SD70ACe, NS 380 continues south toward Dickinson, passing Diehl's Restaurant along the route of the former ... (more)

The Illinois Terminal heritage unit passes through Arbuckle at track speed headed for Nitro for it's next pickup and drop off.

The Illinois Terminal heritage unit heads for Nitro after picking up two cars from CSX's interchange.

Making its inaugural trip on former NYC West Virginia Secondary rails and the first heritage locomotive to lead a train on the mainline north of Dickinson, NS' Illinois Terminal heritage SD70ACe l... (more)

Pacing alongside NS 380 on Route 62, NS' Illinois Terminal heritage SD70ACe glides down the Kanawha River with ease, leading a mixed freight consist toward Nitro. While NS heritage locomotives are... (more)

After clearing the interchange switch, the conductor of NS 380 disembarks from a Nitro bound UTLX tank car to line the switch for normal mainline movement. After shoving back onto their consist an... (more)

Interchanging with CSX's Ohio River Subdivision at Point Pleasant, NS' Illinois Terminal heritage SD70ACe negotiates through rough trackage as it climbs out of the interchange lead and onto the Se... (more)

After being annulled the previous night due the derailment of a yard job at Watkins Yard, NS train 380 finally rolls south through Pickerington, OH on its trek from Columbus to Dickinson, WV. Alt... (more)

A former Southern Railway GP38-2 high hood rests on the north end of the Nitro yard, coupled to a single tank car set out by northbound freight, NS 381 the day before.

Shortly after daybreak, the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Red unit passes the Mammoth coal loadout, northbound on the former NYC West Virginia Secondary toward Charleston.

Tied down on the tail track at Nitro's small industrial yard, former Southern Railway EMD GP38-2 high hood is silhouetted against threatening storm clouds as a thunderstorm moves northeast across ... (more)

As threatening skies associated with a storm cell move northeast across the Kanawha River valley, UP SD70M No. 4604 idles on the point of NS 380 in the yard at Nitro, making its daily drop offs fo... (more)