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By:David Rohdenburg
Dates:9/6/2007 - 9/9/2007
Album Info:Pics from a railfan trip to the NS Pocahontas District in West Virginia and Virginia in early September of 2007.
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NS 5823
Title:  NS 5823
Description:  A recent rebuild from a GP50, NS GP38-3 #5823 and a caboose are assigned to a work train at rest in the small yard at Devon.
Photo Date:  9/6/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 10:58:11 PM
Location:  Devon, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 5823(GP38-3)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
New Power on Coal
Title:  New Power on Coal
Description:  While another eastbound waits in the center siding for pushers, an eastbound coal train, powered by some of the newest models from GE and EMD, rockets past the old coaling tower at Farm, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/6/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 11:07:23 PM
Location:  Farm, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7657(ES40DC) NS 2687(SD70M-2)
Views:  748   Comments: 0
Westbound coal and NS GE's
Title:  Westbound coal and NS GE's
Description:  An increasingly rare C39-8E leads a westbound coal train through the curve at Devon, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/6/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 10:52:29 PM
Location:  Devon, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 9113(C40-9W)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
NS 9384
Title:  NS 9384
Description:  NS 9384 wheels a westbound through the curve at Devon, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/6/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 10:56:03 PM
Location:  Devon, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9384(C40-9W)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
SCCX 2598
Title:  SCCX 2598
Description:  A classic former Southern high nose GP30 rests at the Sprouse Creek coal loadout.
Photo Date:  9/6/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 10:41:15 PM
Location:  Lobata, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SCCX 2598(GP30)
Views:  1155   Comments: 0
HLCX 5945
Title:  HLCX 5945
Description:  With a friendly wave from the cab, a four unit pusher set, with 2 HLCX SD60's in patched UP paint and 2 NS units, wheels westbound on the Pokey through North Fork.
Photo Date:  9/7/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 10:36:26 PM
Location:  North Fork, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 5945(SD60)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
Exiting the Tunnel
Title:  Exiting the Tunnel
Description:  NS 9168 leads an eastbound out of the tunnel and into Welch, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/7/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 11:10:48 PM
Location:  Welch, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9168(C40-9W)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Westbound intermodal leans into the curve
Title:  Westbound intermodal leans into the curve
Description:  NS 9502 wheels a westbound intermodal around a curve near Hensley, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/7/2007  Upload Date: 9/10/2007 5:10:08 PM
Location:  Hensley, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9502(C40-9W)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
BNSF power exits the twin tunnels
Title:  BNSF power exits the twin tunnels
Description:  BNSF 5847 leads a westbound out of one of the twin tunnels at Montgomery, Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 9/9/2007 11:37:42 PM
Location:  Montgomery, VA
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5847(ES44AC)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
CPL dusk
Title:  CPL dusk
Description:  At dusk, a classic pair of N&W CPL signals light the way for an eastbound near Oakvale, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 9/10/2007 5:05:33 PM
Location:  Oakvale, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Ghost Train
Title:  Ghost Train
Description:  A classic N&W whistle post, CPL signals, and the west portal of Twin Branch Tunnel #2 are illuminated as an eastbound train streaks by and enters the tunnel.
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 9/9/2007 11:46:39 PM
Location:  Twin Branch, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Tunnel,Night,Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  272   Comments: 0
NS 9550 exits one of the twin tunnels
Title:  NS 9550 exits one of the twin tunnels
Description:  NS 9550 leads a westbound out of one of the twin tunnels at Montgomery, Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 9/9/2007 11:44:09 PM
Location:  Montgomery, VA
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9550(C40-9W)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
The J Outside Her Birthplace
Title:  The J Outside Her Birthplace
Description:  Brought out of her museum home for an employee open house at the NS Roanoke Shops, the 611 basks in the morning sunlight. She was built in these very same shops back in 1950.
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 10:47:08 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  970   Comments: 1
Pocahontas Night
Title:  Pocahontas Night
Description:  Just after midnight, an eastbound NS train illuminates the classic CPL signals and tunnel portal at Twin Branch, WV.
Photo Date:  9/9/2007  Upload Date: 9/9/2007 11:49:58 PM
Location:  Twin Branch, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Tunnel,Night,Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  307   Comments: 0


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