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Mornings in Bluefield
On a warm summer afternoon, Norfolk Southern Bluefield Yard is already up in motion. NS 8103 leads a helper set currently getting fueled for the day of pushing trains up the hills along the former N&W Pocahontas Division. On the right a loaded coal train passes through next to NS 19W, which would be the focus of a train chase later that evening. Bluefield is home to one of the handful of manned helper bases left on the NS system, with the most notable being along the Pittsburgh Line in Pennsylvania. Its nice to see some N&W blue in the mix of black and white of todays NS.
Mornings in Bluefield
On a warm summer afternoon, Norfolk Southern Bluefield Yard is already up in motion. NS 8103 leads a helper set currently getting fueled for the day of pushing trains up the hills along the former N&W Pocahontas Division. On the right a loaded coal train passes through next to NS 19W, which would be the focus of a train chase later that evening. Bluefield is home to one of the handful of manned helper bases left on the NS system, with the most notable being along the Pittsburgh Line in Pennsylvania. Its nice to see some N&W blue in the mix of black and white of todays NS.