Norfolk Southern train 184 is just starting its journy on the NS having come off the CN at Flat Rock, Mi., heading for Bellevue, Oh., as it passes CP 285 in Northwood, OH., with a ex-CR and ex-BN ... (more)
NS 184 wraps herself around a tight curve near the top of the Pokey's Elkhorn Grade. The camera has been leveled with a bubble to give a feel for the grade and super-elevation involved.
NS 184 is running late as the hogger wraps her around the curves in downtown Bluefield, VA without slowing. The track in the foreground is the NS Clinch Valley line to Norton.