Assisting NS 52Q toward Bluefield, a duo of AC's featuring NS' Interstate Railroad ES44AC crosses over Tug Fork in downtown Welch, eastbound on the N&W mainline.
With coal drag 824 coming off the Buchanan Branch, helper set J5J idles on Main #2 and will soon head east to push coal drag 890 to Auville and on to the Dry Fork Branch.