81T rolls East through Welch, bound for Flat Top for some work and a crew change.

After emerging from Welch tunnel, two brand consecutively numbered EMD SD70ACe's assist an eastbound NS Q62 upgrade on NS' busy Pocahontas District between Williamson and Bluefield.

A westbound Norfolk Southern coal train exits Welch Tunnel and crosses the Tug Fork at Welch, West Virginia, on May 14, 2014.

A Westbound is about to enter Welch Tunnel on a dreary morning on the Pokey.

52T snakes through the small town of Welch on its eastbound trip across the Pocahontas District. This train couldn't quite make the entire trek without helpers and thus had to stop just west of he... (more)

NS 18M enters Welch tunnel heading eastbound towards its final destination of Linwood, NC.

Westbound on the Pokey mainline, high priority container train, NS I3Q rolls through downtown Welch on its dreary commute across the N&W mainline to Williamson from Bluefield. Welch represents one... (more)

Helper set J53 comes Westbound through the CPL's at Welch as 95W looks on, waiting to head East towards Vivian.

Westbound on the former N&W main to Farm, a pair of Bluefield based NS J5M helpers pass the eastbound CPL's at Welch, led by NS' Lehigh Valley heritage ES44AC. The light units are enroute to Farm ... (more)

Amid beautiful fall color, No. 272 swings through an S curve situated just east of Welch, W.Va., led by NS's Nickel Plate heritage unit, taking the long string of autoracks east toward Bluefield a... (more)

Two AC pushers cross Welch Trestle and enter Welch Tunnel as they push a coal drag to Bluefield.

A coal train exits one of the portals of Huger Tunnels twin bores.

A coal train has got its pushers at Farm and is making a run at the though Pokey grade.

A coal train waits for pushers at Farm.