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NS Pokey and Clinch Valley 2022-2023

Rail Fan Adventure --

Here are some miscellaneous images all made in West Virginia or Virginia over the past years.

1. Kenova Yard with NS 3235 parked in the background. I’m not sure of the function of that red signal, as train orders are a thing of the past. Kenova services various chemical plants and coal operations in the area. 11-26-202.
Kenova Yard with NS 3235 parked in the background. I’m not sure of the function of that red signal, as train orders are a thing of the past. Kenova services various chemical plants and coal operations in the area. 11-26-202.

2. NS 4522-1826 depart Williamson at “Gate” on 01-20-2023. No. 866-16 left Alpha Coal Sales-Pineville (aka Kepler Mine) on the Guyandotte River Br. heading for Indiana Harbor coke. NS will give it to Indiana Harbor Belt at Osborn for delivery to the plant. Williamson WV.
NS 4522-1826 depart Williamson at “Gate” on 01-20-2023. No. 866-16 left Alpha Coal Sales-Pineville (aka Kepler Mine) on the Guyandotte River Br. heading for Indiana Harbor coke. NS will give it to Indiana Harbor Belt at Osborn for delivery to the plant. Williamson WV.

3. No. 1826 is a “SD70ACC”. The unit is ex-SD70 2538 built in 1994. It was rebuilt by Progress Rail at their Mayfield KY shop in 2019. Williamson WV.
No. 1826 is a “SD70ACC”. The unit is ex-SD70 2538 built in 1994. It was rebuilt by Progress Rail at their Mayfield KY shop in 2019. Williamson WV.

4. Appalachian Aggregates loads unit trains of stone at their facility in the former N&W and VGN Princeton yard. A metal recycling business uses the former car shop. 06-09-2023. Princeton WV.
Appalachian Aggregates loads unit trains of stone at their facility in the former N&W and VGN Princeton yard. A metal recycling business uses the former car shop. 06-09-2023. Princeton WV.

5. Appalachian Aggregates. View 2. Princeton WV.
Appalachian Aggregates. View 2. Princeton WV.

6. Appalachian Aggregates. View 3. Princeton WV.
Appalachian Aggregates. View 3. Princeton WV.

7. Trucks of stone arriving from the quarry. The stock pile area is on the left. Appalachian Aggregates. View 4. Princeton WV.
Trucks of stone arriving from the quarry. The stock pile area is on the left. Appalachian Aggregates. View 4. Princeton WV.

8. Appalachian Aggregates. View 5. Princeton WV.
Appalachian Aggregates. View 5. Princeton WV.

9. Looking east off the old US 460 bridge is the Princeton Railroad Museum in the reconstructed VGN depot. The N&WHS toured the museum as part of their convention activities. 06-09-2023.
Looking east off the old US 460 bridge is the Princeton Railroad Museum in the reconstructed VGN depot. The N&WHS toured the museum as part of their convention activities. 06-09-2023.

10. Quite a line up of power at the west end of Williamson yard on 06-11-2023: CN 2301 (ES44DC), NS 4256 (Dash 9-44CW) and UP 2610 (ET44AC). Williamson WV.
Quite a line up of power at the west end of Williamson yard on 06-11-2023: CN 2301 (ES44DC), NS 4256 (Dash 9-44CW) and UP 2610 (ET44AC). Williamson WV.

11. CN 2301 NS 4256 UP 2610. View 2. Williamson WV.
CN 2301 NS 4256 UP 2610. View 2. Williamson WV.

12. On the way home from the C&OHS convention in Cass we stopped in Princeton to eat lunch. A unit train was parked at Appalachian Aggregates, but there was no power in sight. Elmore crews handle these sporadic trains from Kellysville to Princeton and return. Roanoke crews get them there. This is the only portion of the Princeton-Deepwater Dist. (Clarks Gap segment) that is active. 08-21-2023. Princeton WV.
On the way home from the C&OHS convention in Cass we stopped in Princeton to eat lunch. A unit train was parked at Appalachian Aggregates, but there was no power in sight. Elmore crews handle these sporadic trains from Kellysville to Princeton and return. Roanoke crews get them there. This is the only portion of the Princeton-Deepwater Dist. (Clarks Gap segment) that is active. 08-21-2023. Princeton WV.

13. Looks like they swing the conveyor over the track to load. Appalachian Aggregates. Princeton WV.
Looks like they swing the conveyor over the track to load. Appalachian Aggregates. Princeton WV.

14. Travelling US 460 west, we overtook NS 4397-4432-4265 heading west lite on the Clinch Valley at Cedar Bluff VA. 08-21-2023.
Travelling US 460 west, we overtook NS 4397-4432-4265 heading west lite on the Clinch Valley at Cedar Bluff VA. 08-21-2023.

15. The track on the right forms the connection to the wye leading to the Dry Fork Branch. NS 4397-4432-4265. Cedar Bluff VA.
The track on the right forms the connection to the wye leading to the Dry Fork Branch. NS 4397-4432-4265. Cedar Bluff VA.

All for now.

Train images used by permission of Everett N Young