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Viewing Album:  Chilly Bluefield, WV
 
By:George C Johnson
Dates:10/26/2006 - 10/29/2006
Album Info:Well, we travelled to southern WV to photograph trains on the Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Subdivision (see album: Dreary Pocahontas). Of course, the sun came out AFTER we left, so we stopped in Bluefield, WV, the home of a large NS yard and engine facility (among other things). Of course, no trains we moving (hence the poem in the aforementioned album). Anyway, despite the chilly late-October wind, I took a few good shots as we passed through. No doubt, all the trains came out of hiding right after we left. Pleasae forgive what appears to be duplication--I like to take pictures of the same subject from different angles. [GCJ]
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Bluefield Yard, looking east
Title:  Bluefield Yard, looking east
Description:  Norfolk Southern's yard and engine facility at Bluefield West Virginia. The old Norfolk & Western coaling tower is in the background, and the double-track Pocahontas subdivision curves off to the right.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 8:59:32 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  1364   Comments: 1
Bluefield Locomotive Shop
Title:  Bluefield Locomotive Shop
Description:  Norfolk Southern's locomotive shop at Bluefield, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 2:36:25 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 9449(C40-9W)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
Another view, Bluefield Locomotive Shop
Title:  Another view, Bluefield Locomotive Shop
Description:  Norfolk Southern's locomotive shop at Bluefield West Virginia.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 8:59:32 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9449(C40-9W)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Yard and Locomotive Shop
Title:  Yard and Locomotive Shop
Description:  Norfolk Southern's yard and locomotive shop at Bluefield, West Virginia. The old Norfolk & Western coaling tower is in the background, and the double-track Pocahontas Subdivision curves off to the right.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 2:36:26 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  281   Comments: 1
Yard, looking west
Title:  Yard, looking west
Description:  Norfolk Southern's yard at Bluefield, West Virginia. The double-track Pocahontas subdivision is on the left.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 2:36:26 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  346   Comments: 1
Yard
Title:  Yard
Description:  Norfolk Southern's yard Bluefield, West Virginia. Yes, that is a real caboose attached to the end of a real train!
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 2:36:27 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Bluefield Locomotive Shop
Title:  Bluefield Locomotive Shop
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 8:59:33 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9449(C40-9W)
Views:  744   Comments: 0
Lube & oil please
Title:  Lube & oil please
Description:  An impatient looking locomotive sits half in, and half out of Norfolk Southern's locomotive shop at Bluefield, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 2:36:27 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 9449(C40-9W)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
Bluefield Locomotive Shop & sanding tower
Title:  Bluefield Locomotive Shop & sanding tower
Description:  Bluefield Locomotive Shop
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 8:59:34 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9449(C40-9W)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
Yard and old coaling tower
Title:  Yard and old coaling tower
Description:  Norfolk Southern's yard Bluefield West Virginia. Yes, that is a real caboose attached to the end of a real train! The old Norfolk & Western coaling tower is in the background.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 2:36:24 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 8728(C40-8)
Views:  508   Comments: 1
NW Caboose 555055
Title:  NW Caboose 555055
Description:  A real caboose coupled to a real train. I understand that NS regularly couples a caboose on empty coal trains that are backed onto some sidings for loading.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 8:59:29 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Old soldier
Title:  Old soldier
Description:  A NS C40-8, a former road engine now assigned yard duty, sits alone on a chilly Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 9:15:55 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8728(C40-8)
Views:  386   Comments: 1
NS 9449 close-up
Title:  NS 9449 close-up
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 9:15:55 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9449(C40-9W)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
Caboose and yard engine
Title:  Caboose and yard engine
Description:  NS 8728 and caboose NW 555055 in the Bluefield Yard adjacent to the old NW coaling tower.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 9:15:56 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8728(C40-8)
Views:  446   Comments: 1
Caboose close-up
Title:  Caboose close-up
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 9:15:57 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  205   Comments: 0
NS 8728 close-up
Title:  NS 8728 close-up
Description:  A close up of the tired old soldier resting in the yard.
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 9:15:57 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8728(C40-8)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Another view of the yard and NW caboose
Title:  Another view of the yard and NW caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2006 9:15:54 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  George C Johnson
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  196   Comments: 0

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