Norfolk Southern
Prototype Photos
A unit coal train rolls through Ramsey, VA on
Christmas Eve -Ed Wolfe photo
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 Westbound mine run in siding at Tacoma, VA on a misty morning, 5 Jun 2010 -Eric Miller |
 Empties spotted at Mountain Top Inc.'s Spring Tipple at Tacoma, VA, 5 Jun 2010 -Eric Miller |
 NS GP40X 7002 and SD40-2 1611 wait at Bethlehem, PA, 18 Sep 1988 -Tim Mader |
 NS 7681 leads a coal drag through Appalachia, VA on a cold February day, 4 Feb 2010 -Robert Ryan |
 Mine run U49 pauses during the loading process at Cumberland River's Pardee operations on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Roaring Fork Branch. In earlier years, this location was referred to as Whitfield; the actual town of Pardee was located approximately a mile to the rear, 30 Oct 2009 -Ed Wolfe |
 A loaded NS unit train rolls eastbound past the signal at Glenita on a rainy and foggy last day of February. The rear of the train is exiting Natural Tunnel, the reason for the 15 mph speed restriction, 28 Feb 2009 -Ed Wolfe |
 Dash-9 as viewed through the car shop door at Andover, VA, 1 Feb 2009 -Eric Miller |
 NS 7591 leads a TVA unit train on CSX tracks near Miller Yard, VA, 1 Feb 2009 -Eric Miller |
 NS 9861 leads a train of emty gons near Appalachia, VA, 1 Nov 2008 -Ed Wolfe |
 NS 9389 leads a mixed train of hoppers and gons across the bridge at Coopers, WV, 30 Oct 2008 -Ed Wolfe |
 NS mine run at on the Clinch Valley mainline between Norton and Coeburn, VA, Apr 2008 -Eric Miller |
 Ammonium nitrate loader near Duffield, VA, Apr 2007 -Eric Miller |
 NS meet at Watkins, VA, Apr 2007 -Eric Miller |
 NS switching Yuma, Sep 2006 -Eric Miller |
 Snowy day in East Norton, 11 Feb 2006 -Eric Miller |
 8346 passes Blackwood No.1 with pulpwood loads on the ex-Interstate RR mainline, Blackwood, VA, 28 Jan 2006 -Eric Miller |
 An NS SD60 and a BNSF SD70MAC lead a coal train across the high trestle at Bull Run, VA on the Clinch Valley Extension, 23 Dec 2005 -Ed Wolfe |
 NS loading at Airway Resources on the ex-L&N CV sub near Kelly View, VA, date unknown -Eric Miller |
 Busy day in Norton, VA, 25 Nov 2005 -Eric Miller |
 Cumberland Collieries loader in East Norton, VA, the middle track is the NS main to Bluefield, 2005 -Eric Miller |
 Compact truck-dump loader in the wye at Norton, VA, 2005 -Eric Miller |
 Covered hoppers eastbound in coal territory, Williamson, WV, 6 Aug 2005 -Barry Silverthorn |
 NS 9739 eastbound at Ingleside, WV, 1 Jul 2004 -Tom Marshall |
 Eastbound NS coal drag climbing the hill past Alpoca, WV, 17 May 2004 -Tom Marshall |
 SD60 6639 serving the East Gulf mine on the ex-Virginian Stone Coal Branch, WV, 2003 -Tom Marshall |
 NS U47 approaches a short wooden trestle over Roaring Fork Creek near Dunbar as it loads a unit train on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Roaring Fork Branch, 18 Oct 2001 -Ed Wolfe |
 Due to the numerous reverse moves for mine runs on the ex-Interstate Railroad, most mine runs still ulitlize cabooses. Cab 555533 brings up the rear of U48 as it rolls eastbound through the ex-Interstate's Norton Yard, 24 Dec 1999 -Ed Wolfe |
 NS 8778 leads a coal train on ex-Interstate tracks at Blackwood, VA, Christmas Eve 1999 -Ed Wolfe |
 A loaded unit coal train rolls eastbound through Ramsey, Virginia on ex-Interstate Railroad trackage, Christmas Eve 1999 -Ed Wolfe |
 Coal train waiting in the ex-N&W yard at Boody, VA, just east of St Paul, 25 May 1998 -Dan Bourque |
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 Dash 9-40-C 8782 amidst fall foliage, date unknown -Ron Flanary |
 A empty NS "Dump Train" with a GP50 on each end climbs Crest Hill on the ex-Southern's St. Charles Branch for loading at Westmoreland Coal's Holton Complex, 13 Apr 1995 -Ed Wolfe |
 Two crews working Norton Yard in April 1995 -Eric Miller |
 An empty hopper train approaches the icicle draped tunnel at Harper, Virginia, immediately north of Big Stone Gap, 24 Dec 1994 -Ed Wolfe |
 A combination of 4-axle and 6-axle power shoves NS 720 over Horton's Summit through Sunbright, Virginia, 24 Oct 1994 -Ed Wolfe |
 Q08 slowly rolls eastbound out of the Appalachia Yard Limit as it approaches the Big Stone Gap signal. The track at the left is the CSX connector constructed in 1986 to allow CSX to utilize NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap and Frisco, 2 Apr 1994 -Ed Wolfe |
 A loaded NS unit train #720 pauses at Roaring Branch while the pushers are coupled to the rear at Appalachia. The short bridge crosses the ex-L&N's Corbin-Norton Cumberland Valley line, 10 Apr 1993 -Ed Wolfe |
 An eastbound Yuma Turn (NS 607) rolls upgrade through East Stone Gap, Virginia. The loaded hoppers cross a trestle to the immediate rear and bend to the left through East Stone Gap in a semi-horseshoe, 25 Nov 1993 -Ed Wolfe |
 Train NS 720 grinds upgrade through the Troublesome Creek valley a short distance east of Speers Ferry, 21 Nov 1993 -Ed Wolfe |
 A pair of midtrain units and radio control car 905919 struggle upgrade east of Speers Ferry approaching Watkins, 21 Nov 1993 -Ed Wolfe |
 Train U47 working Glamorgan tipple, Sep 1993 -Eric Miller |
 End of a Yuma Turn passing through Little Tunnel near Big Stone Gap, VA, Oct 1992 -Eric Miller |
 J01, the "dump train" rolls through Appalachia, VA, Aug 1992 -Eric Miller |
 Eastbound coal at Tacoma, VA, May 1992 -Eric Miller |
 Loading hoppers at Mullins Coal Co (ex. Norton Coal) at Norton, VA, Mar 1992 -Eric Miller |
 Coal train led by SD40-2 3293 waits for helpers at Farm, WV, 18 Feb 1992 -Keith Clouse |
 A loaded NS unit train exercises trackage rights on CSX and rolls south approaching Dungannon, Virginia. The coaling tower and flat area to the left is all that remains of Miller Yard, once a busy interchange site between the Interstate RR and the Clinchfield. A hotel and four section houses were located trackside to the right, 21 Oct 1991 -Ed Wolfe |
 An SD60 and C39-8 power through Natural Tunnel, VA, 14 Jul 1990 -Ron Flanary |
 NW C36-7 8505 and NS C39-8 8551 with the Dismal No. 1 mine run switching coke plant tipple at Dismal Jct., VA (near Vansant), 26 Sep 1987 -Everett Young |
 NS C30-7 8045 leads a powerful lashup still mostly in NW paint in 1985 -Dan Bourque collection |
 Ex-NW SD40-2 6154, C30-7 8062 and ex-Southern SD35 3037 on shifter P03C gather loads at Clinchfield Coal's Moss No. 3 Plant near Carbo, VA on 7 Sep 1984 -Everett Young |
 NS 1363 leads an eastbound Hill Run at Covel, WV. Hill runs took coal loads from Elmore, WV up the 2% grade to Clark's Gap with the help of pushers, Jul 1984 -Honn Tudor |
 Ever-present pushers on a Hill Run at Covel, WV July 1984 -Honn Tudor |
 Ex-NW SD40 1615 and SD45 1775 along with UP C30-7 2442 shove empty hoppers up the Coal Branch to the tipple at Red Ash, VA, 18 Jun 1984 -Everett Young |
 Red Ash was located on the Coal Creek Branch, a short spur about halfway between Bluefield and Norton on the Clinch Valley District of the N&W, 18 Jun 1984 -Everett Young |
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 ex-N&W C31P cab wating for a train at Toms Creek, VA, 25 May 1998 -Dan Bourque |
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