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Viewing Album:  KNTower's NS Pocahontas Division
 
By:Marcus Neubacher
Dates:10/14/2006 - 10/14/2006
Album Info:This album features photos of NS's coal-rich former N&W Pocahontas Division.
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NS 184
Title:  NS 184
Description:  Time freight 184 swings around the curve at Crozier, the control point at the east end of a middle track (passing siding) that began a few miles west at Powhatan.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:12 PM
Location:  Crozier, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9478(C40-9W)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
NS 184
Title:  NS 184
Description:  NS 184 passes the Pulaski Iron Company building at Eckman, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:13 PM
Location:  Eckman, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9478(C40-9W)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
Pushers on 184
Title:  Pushers on 184
Description:  A pusher crew is working hard to keep NS 184 moving up Elkhorn Mountain at Crozier, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:14 PM
Location:  Crozier, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 1594(SD40) NS 5204(GP38-2)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
NS 194
Title:  NS 194
Description:  A colorful NS 194 absorbs the last rays of sunlight as it crosses the big bridge at Coopers, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:14 PM
Location:  Coopers, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8238(SD75M)
Views:  590   Comments: 0
Leaking corn
Title:  Leaking corn
Description:  Corn pours out of a covered hopper at Hull, WV. The crew of 194 would have to set this car off.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:18 PM
Location:  Hull, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  301   Comments: 2
NS 194
Title:  NS 194
Description:  BNSF power poses on NS 194 at Hull, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:15 PM
Location:  Hull, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8238(SD75M)
Views:  507   Comments: 1
NS 194
Title:  NS 194
Description:  After setting off a car leaking corn, NS 194 gets underway at Hull, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:16 PM
Location:  Hull, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8238(SD75M)
Views:  747   Comments: 3
NS 194
Title:  NS 194
Description:  A Heritage II and Heritage I BNSF duo leads NS 194 eastbound toward Iaeger and Bluefield.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:17 PM
Location:  Hull, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8238(SD75M) BNSF 1017(C44-9W)
Views:  669   Comments: 0
NS 194
Title:  NS 194
Description:  Eastbound 194 pulls past the signals at Hull, west of Iaeger, to set off a car that was leaking corn.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:15 PM
Location:  Hull, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8238(SD75M)
Views:  572   Comments: 2
NS 194
Title:  NS 194
Description:  Late afternoon light warms up NS 194, now operating with an Elkhorn Shifter crew, as it enters Keystone, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:18 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8238(SD75M) BNSF 1017(C44-9W)
Views:  776   Comments: 0
NS 233
Title:  NS 233
Description:  NS 233 approaches the WV/VA state line at Flat Top, where NS stages coal for eastbound pickup.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:19 PM
Location:  Flat Top, VA
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8949(C40-9W)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
NS 274
Title:  NS 274
Description:  Autorack train 274 is eastbound at Crozier, WV. Note the "middle track," a common N&W passing siding arrangement in double track territory.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:20 PM
Location:  Crozier, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8937(C40-9W)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
NS 771
Title:  NS 771
Description:  Westbound hoppers roll onto the big double-track bridge at Coopers, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:21 PM
Location:  Coopers, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9820(C40-9W)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
NS 9282
Title:  NS 9282
Description:  A coal train waits for a new crew at Farm, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:21 PM
Location:  Farm, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9282(C40-9W)
Views:  472   Comments: 1
NS 83G
Title:  NS 83G
Description:  After cutting the head-end helper, Elkhorn Shifter 83G gets underway at Bluestone, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:11 PM
Location:  Bluestone, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8433(C40-8W)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
NS 83G
Title:  NS 83G
Description:  An Elkhorn Shifter, assisted by a head-end helper, eases around the curve at Bluestone, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:10 PM
Location:  Bluestone, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 1594(SD40)
Views:  713   Comments: 0
NS 83J
Title:  NS 83J
Description:  One of NS's Elkhorn Shifter crews gets a coal train underway after a crew change at Farm. They're pulling out from the middle track, an N&W standard passing siding configuration in double track.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:12 PM
Location:  Farm, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 6746(SD60I)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
Bluestone Branch
Title:  Bluestone Branch
Description:  The Bluestone Branch leaves the mainline at Bluestone, then winds around the mountainside to Coopers, where it passes beneath the big mainline bridge. We're looking east near the end of the track. NS uses this branch to store coal setoff by mainline shifters.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:22 PM
Location:  Coopers, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
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Views:  332   Comments: 0
NS 18M
Title:  NS 18M
Description:  A shifter crew for a waiting coal train waves at an all-yellow 18M passing Farm, WV.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:08 PM
Location:  Farm, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9169(C40-8)
Views:  449   Comments: 2
NS J53
Title:  NS J53
Description:  The J53 pusher crew has cut off the head end of 83G and is returning westbound. They'll soon be pushing NS 184 east.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:23 PM
Location:  Bluestone, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1594(SD40) NS 5204(GP38-2)
Views:  2953   Comments: 2
NS U23
Title:  NS U23
Description:  An ex-Conrail GP40-2 has just finished working the loadout at Krolitz and poses with two N&W cabs at Hull.
Photo Date:  4/16/2005  Upload Date: 11/15/2005 10:18:24 PM
Location:  Hull, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 3023(GP40-2)
Views:  625   Comments: 2
NS 148
Title:  NS 148
Description:  NS 148's train, now being handled by a third crew since leaving Williamson, passes Keystone. The clear signal is for westbound 17M, which will pass through town in a few minutes.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:08 PM
Location:  Keystone, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 6792(SD60M)
Views:  680   Comments: 1
148's pushers
Title:  148's pushers
Description:  A BNSF SD70MAC and NS Dash-9 push NS 148 through Keystone.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:08 PM
Location:  Keystone, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9729(C40-9W) BNSF 9815(SD70MAC)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
NS 17M
Title:  NS 17M
Description:  A primer Dash-9 leads NS 17M westbound through Northfork. There's not much left of the "mainline on main street" image captured by O. Winston Link, as the trackside structures have been washed away by floods.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:04 PM
Location:  Northfork, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9953(C40-9W)
Views:  523   Comments: 1
NS 185
Title:  NS 185
Description:  Westbound 185 crawls through Bluestone while a shifter crew prepares to take over yet another eastbound coal train.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:09 PM
Location:  Bluestone, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8947(C40-9W)
Views:  542   Comments: 2
NS 194
Title:  NS 194
Description:  A rather unexiting primer unit leads NS 194 through Farm.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:10 PM
Location:  Farm, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9912(C40-9W)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
NS 194's pushers
Title:  NS 194's pushers
Description:  The pushers on 194 are shown here passing the large loadout at Keystone.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:10 PM
Location:  Keystone, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9508(C40-9W)
Views:  554   Comments: 0
NS 274
Title:  NS 274
Description:  A pair of ex-Southern SD40-2's bring autorack train 274 through the crossover at Falls Mills, VA.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:11 PM
Location:  Falls Mills, VA
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 3311(SD40-2) NS 3266(SD40-2)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
NS 277
Title:  NS 277
Description:  Westbound autorack train 277 is seen here passing Flat Top
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:12 PM
Location:  Flat Top, VA
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8748(C40-8)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
NS 3290
Title:  NS 3290
Description:  A coal train waits in the yard at Bluefield.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:18 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 3290(SD40-2) FURX 8120(SD40-2)
Views:  584   Comments: 1
NS 57W
Title:  NS 57W
Description:  A set of CP family SD40-2's looks great on empty grain train 57W rolling into Farm. The train is strung out through the two Hemphill tunnels.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:05 PM
Location:  Farm, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  CP 5814(SD40-2)
Views:  675   Comments: 2
NS 757
Title:  NS 757
Description:  Empties and loads meet on the bridge at Coopers. The Bluestone Branch can be seen passing beneath the bridge.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:12 PM
Location:  Coopers, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2570(SD70)
Views:  1052   Comments: 5
NS 766
Title:  NS 766
Description:  Late afternoon light reflects off 766's aluminum hoppers as a Virginia Division crew gets underway for the run from Bluefield to Roanoke.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:13 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8678(C39-8E)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
NS 766
Title:  NS 766
Description:  NS 766 will soon swap out with a shifter crew, becoming an 83-something. It's fun keeping up with symbols on the Pokey.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:14 PM
Location:  Bluestone, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8678(C39-8E)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
NS 767
Title:  NS 767
Description:  Empty train 767 approaches the WV/VA state line at Flat Top Yard.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:14 PM
Location:  Flat Top, VA
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9125(C40-9W)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
NS 770
Title:  NS 770
Description:  We're actually on the Virginia Division now as NS 770 rolls through the tiny community of Ada. A westbound empty train can be seen behind 770's loaded cars. This is one of my favorite spots in the Bluefield area.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:15 PM
Location:  Ada, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9025(C40-9W)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
NS 770
Title:  NS 770
Description:  NS 770 is slowly easing away from a crew change at Bluefield.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:16 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9025(C40-9W)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
NS 770
Title:  NS 770
Description:  One of the toughest jobs in railroading is underway as a Virginia Division crew coaxes 170 loads into motion cresting the grade at Bluefield.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:16 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9025(C40-9W)
Views:  508   Comments: 1
NS 770
Title:  NS 770
Description:  NS 770 snakes through the yard limits at Bluefield and enters Virginia Division trackage at RD, marked by the signal bridge in the distance.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:17 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  315   Comments: 1
NS 771
Title:  NS 771
Description:  More empties get underway, departing the west end of Bluefield Yard at Arch.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:18 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8454(C40-8W) NS 9767(C40-9W)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
NS 82W
Title:  NS 82W
Description:  An 82W Elkhorn Shifter crew brings NS 148's train through Farm.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:05 PM
Location:  Farm, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 6792(SD60M)
Views:  625   Comments: 0
NS 83G
Title:  NS 83G
Description:  Shifter crew 83G is just east of Maybeury and about to enter Elkhorn Tunnel.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:06 PM
Location:  Maybeury, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 6710(SD60)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
NS 83J
Title:  NS 83J
Description:  Yet another Elkhorn Shifter crew, 83J, is filling out an eastbound train at Flat Top Yard.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:06 PM
Location:  Flat Top, VA
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9569(C40-9W)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
NS 99Z
Title:  NS 99Z
Description:  A 99Z Herzog ballast train passes the ballfield in the small community of Vivian.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:07 PM
Location:  Vivian, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8891(C40-9W)
Views:  624   Comments: 0
NS J60
Title:  NS J60
Description:  The J60 pusher crew moves through the switches at Mercer Street.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:19 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8963(C40-9W)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
Mercer Street
Title:  Mercer Street
Description:  Even in today's modern railroading world, some relics remain. At Mercer Street, a switchtender is still employed to line trains through the yard.
Photo Date:  4/17/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 7:17:03 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  397   Comments: 0
NS U91
Title:  NS U91
Description:  Shifter crew U91 has been to Elmore with loads and is now returning to Alloy with empties. This part of the former Virginian has seen more activity since the Conrail split.
Photo Date:  10/14/2006  Upload Date: 10/17/2006 9:34:42 PM
Location:  Jenny Gap, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9707(C40-9W)
Views:  396   Comments: 1
NS U91
Title:  NS U91
Description:  A three-unit pusher set shoves U91 through Mullens toward Elmore, where the head end crew will gather empties and head back to Alloy.
Photo Date:  10/14/2006  Upload Date: 10/17/2006 9:34:46 PM
Location:  Mullens, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8409(C40-8W)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
NS U91
Title:  NS U91
Description:  U91 originated on the ex-Conrail West Virginia Secondary and traveled down the Virginian to Elmore. Here they are approaching Elmore at Mullens, WV.
Photo Date:  10/14/2006  Upload Date: 10/17/2006 9:34:45 PM
Location:  Mullens, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9303(C40-9W)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
NS U91
Title:  NS U91
Description:  We were caught on the wrong side of the tracks as U91 crossed the big trestle at Sweeneyburg.
Photo Date:  10/14/2006  Upload Date: 10/17/2006 9:34:45 PM
Location:  Sweeneyburg, WV
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9707(C40-9W)
Views:  366   Comments: 0

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