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My railload photography

by Willie - Brown

Photos I have taken over the years

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NS SD40-2 3431 {built 8/68 as KCS SD40 #620} is seen crossing Captina Creek in Powhatan Pt., Ohio on 4/10/2010.
NS SD50 5425 {built 5/84 as CR 6745} is seen crossing Captina Creek in Powhatan Pt., Ohio during a rain storm on 3/22/2010.
2 CSX AC4400CWs lead NS N71 with loads from Bailey Mine on 03/17/2010 as it passes NS N72 which is enroute up to the Tipple to begin loading.
Helpers at Time, PA on 3/17/2010.
NS SD40-2 3333 {built 6/77 as CR 6362} is seen on the Captina Secondary Track West of Powhatan Pt., Ohio on 2/27/06.
NS SD40E 6356 (rebuilt from Conrail SD50 6772 original build date 5/84} is seen on the Captina Secondary track in rural Belmont County, Ohio on 3/5/2015.
NS SD40-2 3389 {built 10/78 as CR 6456} is seen with 72 empties ready to depart Murray Energy's Ohio Valley transloading facility at Powhatan Point, Ohio on 6/23/2007.
NS N71 led by CSX AC6000CW 688 is at Sycamore, PA on the Manor Branch 5/03/2007.
NS SD40-2 3334 {built 6/77 as CR 6364} is crossing Captina Creek in Powhatan Point, Ohio on 5/16/2008.
3 ES40DC GEVO units come through the cut at EVE on train N07. This is the sharpest curve on the Waynesburg Southern at 10 and a 1/2 degrees on 4/28/2010.
NS ES44AC 8102 crosses Captina Creek at Powhatan Point, Ohio on 8/20/2018.
NS 3334 {built 6/77 as CR 6364} is seen just West of Powhatan Point, Ohio on the Captina Secondary 2/25/2010.
NS train N73 led by CSX AC4400CW passing Emerald Mine in Waynesburg, PA on 5/3/2007.
NS SD40-2 3329 the former Maersk unit {built 6/77 as the first CR SD40-2 6358} is seen crossing over Captina Creek in Powhatan Point, Ohio on 5/30/08 fresh from being repaired from accident damage.
SD40-2 3334 is the helper on one of the 3 coal"shuttle" trains that work the Powhatan coal fields. Seen here on the Captina Secondary track in May of 2007.
FURX 7257 {built 2/80 as BN 7257} has FURX GP40M-3 1175 {built 12/70 as B&O GP40 3743} & NS 9720 hauling 85 slabs at Weirton, WV on 3/17/2006 .
NS SD60 6578 {built 8/85} along with NREX 5475 and WC 7504 lead Westbound 147 past the old N&W signals for Star Yard at the east end of Portsmouth, Ohio on 4/26/06.
NS SD60I 6755 {built 7/95 as CR 5641} leads Eastbound train 148 as it exits the Hatfield Tunnel and crosses the Tug Fork River on 4/27/06 at Hatfield, WV.
NS SD60 6578 {built 8/85} along with NREX 5475 and WC 7504 lead Westbound 147 near Chillicothe, Ohio on 4/26/06.
NS SD40-2 3333 {built 6/77 as CR 6362} is seen 5/17/08 crossing Captina Creek in Powhatan Point, Ohio.
NS rebuilt SD40E 6352 {originally built 5/84 as CR SD50 6776} is on Powhatan #6 mine siding on 2/3/2014 at Alledonia, Ohio
NS C40-9W 9904 is loading at Ohio Valley Coal's Powhatan #6 mine on 2/4/2013.
NS SD40-2 3343 (built 8/77 as CR 6381} crosses frozen Captina Creek in Powhatan Pt., OH on 2/11/2014.
3 GP38-2s led by NS 5352 {built 7/78 as CR 8203} bring a train into Weirton, WV on a snowy 2/9/2014.
NS SD40-2 3313 {built 5/79 as SOU 3313} is seen crossing Captina Creek in Powhatan Point, Ohio on 4/27/2013 fresh of rebuild where it received a new cab.
NS SD40E 6351 {originally built 6/84 as SD50 CR 6770} is seen at Powhatan Point, Ohio on 2/3/2014.
NS C40-9W {built 10/04} is on the Captina Secondary track during a snow squall near Powhatan, Ohio on 2/3/2013.
A unique view of NS SD40E 6351 on a cold day on the Captina Secondary track near Powhatan, Ohio in December 2013.
NS SD40E 6351 {built 6/84 as CR SD50 6770} is seen at New Century Mine in Belmont County, Ohio 1/28/2014.
NS SD40E 6351 {built 6/84 as CR SD50 6770} is seen along the Captina Secondary West of Powhatan Pt., Ohio on 01/28/2014.
NS SD70M 2596 {built 4/2003} leads train 68N into Weirton, WV on 3/18/2006.
ES40DC 7516 & C40-9W 9135 lead train N31 up the Manor Branch at Time, PA on 5/29/2007.
NS SD40-2 3284 {built 1/78 as SOU 3284} is Westbound on the Captina Secondary track near Powhatan Point, Ohio with 72 empty coal hoppers on 7/27/2011.
CSX Road Slug 2357 {originally built 1/69 as Western Railway of Alabama GP40 703} is seen crossing Grave Creek in Moundsville, WV with the Ohio River in the background on 6/23/2011.
Brand new NS ES40DC engines 7507 & 7508 are the rear helpers of NS ore train 62V crossing over Yellow Creek near Wellsville, Ohio in May of 2004. These trains operated push/pull style from Ashtabula to Mingo.
NS C40-9W 9184 leads 3 other big 6 axle units with 120 loads of Iron Ore across the panhandle bridge into Weirton, WV on 6/2/2003.
NS 7003 the very first of Norfolk Southern's 90 GP50's is seen at Powhatan Point, Ohio crossing Captina Creek.
NS GP 50 7083 {built 5/81 as SOU 7083} is the helper on the rear of a train loaded at Powhatan #6 mine May 11th,2003 on the Captina Secondary track West of Powhatan Pt., Ohio.
NS GP38-2 5258 {built 2/73 as CR 8041} & GP38-2 NS 5157 {built 10/74 as SOU 5157} are seen crossing Yellow Creek on 6/2/2003 with hot steel coils from Wheeling Pitt's Mingo Jct., Ohio plant enroute to Allenport, PA.
NS GP50 7083 {built 5/81 as SOU 7083} is crossing Captina Creek at Powhatan Point, Ohio in May of 2003.
NS SD60 6590 {built in 1985} struggles to lift 130 loads out of Bailey Mine on 4/10/2006 as it approaches FORK on the Manor Branch.
NS C40-9W 9120 {built 5/97} leads NS 18M through Williamson, WV on 4/27/2006.
NS SD40-2 3440 {built 12/70 as PC SD40 6240, later built into Dash 2 CR 6986} is seen at Powhatan Point, Ohio on 2/3/2013.
NS SD40E 6350 {rebuilt from CR SD50 6745 built 5/84} is at Powhatan Point, Ohio on 2/3/2014.
NS ES44AC 8025 Monongahela RR heritage unit {built 10/2010} is seen crossing Captina Creek in Powhatan Point, Ohio 9/16/2015.
NS GP38-2 5300 {built 2/73 as PC 8111) along the Yankee Trail in Wellsburg, WV on a Spring Like day earlier this year. Train is about as far South as you can go anymore on the former Wheeling Secondary track that branched off the Panhandle at MP 41.7.
NS SD40-2 3313 {built 5/79 as SOU 3313} waits behind a fallen tree at MP 58 on the Omal running track in Powhatan Pt., OH. 3/27/24.
An empty train from the W.H.Sammis plant passes a Burro crane at CP Branch in April of 2003.
NS SD70M 2613 {built 5/03} is seen at Legionville, PA in June of 2003.
2 SD40E's lead an empty coal train up the Captina Secondary track West of Powhatan, Ohio
NS SD40E at Alledonia, OHIO
Norfolk Southern SD40-3 6438 {originally built 1/78 as SOU SD40-2 3256} is seen at Mingo Jct., Ohio on 01/15/25.
Freshly rebuilt NS AC44C6M 4899 {built 12/01 as NS C40-9W 9729} is at Conway, PA in March of 2025.
The PRR intermediate signal that once controlled former Cleveland Line #2 track Westbound between CP River & CP Shale sits dark, & dormant as it has for 20 plus years
Assorted 4 axle power populates the NS Mingo Jct., Ohio engine house area late in the day on 4/6/2025.
NS SW1001 #2100 {built 12/73 as RDG 2625} is working as the Conway, PA engine house switcher in May of 2023.
Canadian Pacific ES44AC #8757 {built 11/05} is seen in Mingo Jct., Ohio in May 2025. (my photo)
Norfolk Southern C40-9W 9020 leads unit coal train U91 at Covel, WV 4/28/06.
The Bailey Helper brings up the rear of N21 as it drops down the Manor Branch at MP M10 5/4/2007.
CSX C40-8W #7362 {built 7/93 as Conrail 6203} leads another Dash-8 & 112 loads of coal on the NS Manor Branch 10/13/2007.
Norfolk Southern GP38-2 5288 {built 2/73 as PC 8088} still wearing her 24 year old 1st NS paint job in June 2025 at Mingo Jct., Ohio.
Norfolk Southern GP38-2 #5342 {built 5/78 as Conrail 8181} is at Mingo Jct., Ohio in June of 2025.
Tazewell & Peoria Railroad SW1500 #1520 {built 5/69 asApalachicola Northern #714} is at Steubenville, Ohio in Early 2025.
Norfolk Southern GP38-2 #5191 {built 10/76 as SOU 5191} is at Mingo Jct., Ohio in July of 2025.
Norfolk Southern GP38-2 #5321 {built 3/73 as PC 8143} is at Mingo Jct., Ohio in July of 2025.
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