In the pouring rain on a cool October 25, 2020 morning, Norfolk Southern southbound intermodal train 218 cruises through High Point, NC.

Farm, West Virginia: West of the coal mining town of Welch, WV, Farm is the control point for pushers, sent from Bluefield, to rendezvous with their manifest or coal train heading East. Given this... (more)

After the shot at Coopers Trestle, NS 9555 got well ahead of me along US Route 52 and I turned my attention instead to the coal dock at Elkhorn, WV. Even with severe downturns in an area known for... (more)