Leading a coal train, NS no. 9428 makes his way through a cut at Keystone and over the bridge.

As darkness falls on the abandoned coal town of Keystone, eastbound loads struggle upgrade, snaking through town during a late winter snowfall. 100 loads of West Virginia mined coal will soon come... (more)

NS 9483 makes his way Westbound through the snow with a empty coal train.

After being serviced in Bluefield, a pair of helpers glide downgrade through the town of Keystone, enroute to Farm to assist eastbound loads over Elkhorn grade. Appalachian coal is transported in ... (more)

NS 8059 and another GE unit are the pushers for this coal train as it rumbles through the rural town of Keystone, WV along the former N&W rails of the Pocahontas Division.

NS 8102 (PRR) makes his way West through Keystone in the snow.

A school bus loads children at the stop near the church as an empty coal train works its way back into the McDowell County coal fields. The train catches a red signal and comes to a stop just befo... (more)

NS 8059 assist a loaded coal train to Bluefield.

The perfect definition of a January afternoon.. Dreary skies and cold mountain air, a pair of AC helpers assist eastbound grain loads toward Bluefield, grinding upgrade through the old N&W coal ca... (more)

On a dreary afternoon in the economically declining coal town of Keystone, eastbound grain loads under the power of older GE's struggle upgrade, as they make their trek across the Pocahontas Distr... (more)

NS 1060 hauling a manifest by the old Coal Facility in Keystone, VA.

A pair of AC helpers assist a heavy export coal drag upgrade through the mining community of Keystone, situated west of Bluefield along the former N&W mainline. Keystone and its neighboring commun... (more)

Eastbound ethanol loads grind up grade near Keystone, passing the east end of Eckman Yard on their assault over the former N&W mainline from Williamson to Bluefield. While not pictured, two Farm b... (more)

A peek behind the curtain, which is used by the Russian owned Mechel Bluestone Coal Company in downtown Keystone WV to shield the citizens from dust and to look a little more aesthetically pleasin... (more)

Shoving on the rear with a pair of AC helpers, eastbound Southern West Virginia coal loads make their assault over the N&W main through Keystone, and points east with a destination of Lambert's Po... (more)