Three NS GE locomotives help hold back a 200 car loaded coal train as it descends the grade between Princeton, WV and the junction with the former N&W at Oakvale. The 100 foot tall trestle here ca... (more)

A heavy wet snow has blanketed East River Mountain, leaving behind zero visibility, arctic cold temperatures, and quite a measurable snowfall for the late winter season. Over 14" of snow accumulat... (more)

As heavy snow limits visibility, an eastbound ethanol train slices through the N&W CPL's at Ingleside during one of the region's most prominent and severe winter storm systems of recent history.

A pair of NS EMDs lead a westbound work train as it works through the reverse curves near Ingleside, WV.

As the sun goes behind the clouds in Ingleside, westbound 83G grinds through a cut on the Christiansburg District.

A quiet night is disturbed as a empty coal train heads back to the coal fields of West Virginia as it splits the classic N&W CPL's at Ingleside.

It's mid-fall, the height of the leaf season, and there's a nip in the air. The jacket feels good as you stand on the rock and hear that deep somewhat muffled whistle echo off the hills and then.... (more)

In the last light of the day, No. 820 splits the classic CPL's at Ingleside, W.Va., with a monster coal drag in tow descending the nearly 1.5% grade.

This is not a passenger excursion. It is an EB coal train running during the NRHS convention. She is loafing along and bending around the curve.

Nighttime along the N&W.... It's a peaceful night with stars shining bright and beautiful, until the faint sound of a westbound time-freight begins echoing throughout the East River Valley.. Soon,... (more)

Loaded coal train 820 streaks through the N&W CPL bracket masts in Ingleside with a huge train in tow.

On a rainy Spring evening, empty hopper train #U86 grinds uphill toward Princeton as it crosses the massive Ingleside, WV trestle spanning across I-77 with one of NS' recently acquired SD60E's on ... (more)

Perhaps my greatest chase of 611 was a little publicized trip carring school children. Few chasers, beautiful weather as the train heads heels into a curve a few miles east of Bluefield. Other t... (more)

In a panned photograph, former Norfolk and Western GE C30-7 No. 8079 tows a Norfolk Southern coal train through Ingleside (Hardy), West Virginia, on October 25, 1990.

This is what railfanning at 4:30 AM looks like in rural West Virginia. The group and I were on our way to see the Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit gathering. After coming off the interstate, we ch... (more)