With a pair of AC44C6M's on the point, Norfolk Southern loaded coal train 826 rounds the bend through the Brookneal control point in Brookneal, Virginia on the Alta Vista District. This train is b... (more)
As the clouds lift, and the moon peaks through the darkness, NS 826 breaks the silence of a snow covered Coopers WV, over the duration of a 15 second exposure.
On a damp and rainy afternoon, No. 826 thunders through decrepit downtown Davy, W.Va., behind a pair of EMD products and a heavy coal train.
A coal train banks into the tight curve at Ought One.
It's early morning and the fog is beginning to rise, as No. 826 charges eastbound, emerging from the twin portals at Huger, W.Va., behind a pair of NS' newer AC traction GEVO's on the point. It wi... (more)
As shadows begin growing long and the last rays of sunlight illuminate the valley, NS' Lehigh Valley heritage locomotive shoves hard on the rear of eastbound loaded train No. 826, while passing th... (more)
It's late afternoon and the sun is beginning to set, as the sound of a heavy coal drag begins permeating the quaint valley of Elkhorn, W.Va. Soon, No. 826 crawls around a tight curve as the train ... (more)
After acquiring helpers at Farm, No. 826 jars the ground as it pops out of Hemphill No. 2 in notch 8, near Welch, W.Va., as a hint of afternoon sunlight tries to reach the tunnel portal.
NS 8056 & NS 8099 shove hard on the rear of 826 through Maybeury, WV as a cloud of sand can be seen around the motors.
Coal drag 826 heads east through the Tinker Creek Connection in Vinton with Southern States looming in the background. The train is using the connection to get from the N&W across town to the Virg... (more)