Prichard, WV: N&W Coaling Tower

(Satellite)

This was on the original Norfolk & Western before it merged with Nickle Plate, Wabash, etc.

Steven J. Brown posted
Norfolk Southern C44-9W with a manifest eastbound under the coaling tower in Prichard, West Virginia - May 6, 2019.
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This photo of the steam locomotive has slightly different colors than the above photo

Steven J. Brown posted
Norfolk & Western Class J 611 and Nickel Plate 2-8-2 587 are at Prichard, West Virginia - June 19, 1989.

Tony Rademacher: Roanoke Chapter’s 1989 Independence Limited.

Brock Dishner posted
Highlight of Yesterday, a Canadian Pacific ES44AC leads a southbound coal train under the coaling tower and by the Intermodal yard at Prichard, WV.

Bird's Eye View

Ted Gregory posted two photos with the comment:

Sometimes, words are insufficient. So I let my photos do the talking.

Looking like something out of War of the Worlds, a collosal N&W coaling tower dwarfs a house, tree, and utility pole.

Prichard, WV 

That's the same structure from trackside to the right as it straddles both mains

My pics from the Spring of 2021

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