NS U52 arrives at Jewell Smokeless Coke Plant at Dismal with empties to be spotted and loaded for Cleveland.

Norfolk Southern train U52 rolls down the mountain at Hurley, VA on the Buchanan Branch. They'd meet #794 just ahead at Lester Fork and then tie down at Pine Oaks for the day.

Norfolk Southern train U52 rolls through Dismal Yard with a loaded coal train from Consol passing the CPL's at 'Anchor' on the Buchanan Branch.

Norfolk Southern's U52 job takes 110 coal loads across Garden Creek coming from the loadout at Consol on their way towards Weller,VA.

Norfolk Southern's U52 shifter crew keeps their train at a steady slow pace while loading at Consol Mine near Oakwood,VA.

Norfolk Southern train U52 departs a nearly full Weller Yard beginning its trip up the Buchanan Branch

Norfolk Southern job U52 pass the CPL's at Vansant,VA with coal loads from Consol as they begin their trip up the Buchanan Branch towards the Pokey.

U52 brings Consol loads back towards Weller, passing the CPL signal at the former junction of the Big Prater Creek Spur at Vansant, Virginia on the Buchanan Branch

An NS AC44C6M brings up the rear of loaded coal train U52, shoving it off the Garden Creek Branch and on to the Buchanan Branch at the junction in Oakwood, Virginia. The northbound signals here ar... (more)

Norfolk Southern loaded coal train U52 rounds the bend in Vansant, Virginia behind a pair of ES44AC's. Former N&W CPL's guard the Vansant control point here on the Buchanan Branch.

On a misty afternoon in the hills of Virginia, a pair of ES44AC's lead loaded coal train U52 as it passes by the Suncoke Jewell coke loader in Oakwood, Virginia. This train loaded at the Coronado ... (more)

With loading completed at the Coronado Coal Co. Mine near Oakwood, Virginia, Norfolk Southern U52 departs through the complex on a misty mountain afternoon. NS AC44 rebuild 4392 brings up the rear... (more)

U52 tops the hill at Raitt Tunnel and begins their downgrade run to Hurley with a newer UP GE on point.

U52 passes under the unique cantilever at Lester Fork, bringing tidewater loads towards the Pokey main at Ought One.

NS U52 approaches Mudlick Junction with "commercial" empties destined for loading at Westmoreland Coal's Wentz prep facility, located at the end of the ex-Interstate Railroad's main line... (more)