Trains of Norfolk Southern's New River Districts

Train Symbols	Signal Lists
Train Symbols of the New River Districts	Christiansburg District	Whitethorne District	Pulaski District
Train Symbols of the New River Districts	Pocahontas District	Princeton-Deepwater District	Clinch Valley District
VA Division Locals	Dry Fork Branch	Winston-Salem District	Roanoke District

The Trains of Norfolk Southern's New River Districts

The tables list most of the trains that run on the New River Districts. The coal and unit grain/chemical trains runs as needed. If you think any trains are missing, please contact us. email ns-nrv@krunk.org.

Pulaski district trains have yellow backgrounds. Westbounds pale yellow Eastbounds in bright yelllow.

Princeton-Deepwater District trains have green backgrounds. Westbounds in pale green Eastbounds in bright green

Scheduled Trains - Manifest, Intermodal, Autoracks

Train Number	Second Section	Origin	Destination	Description	Notes
15T	M5T	Allentown, PA	Birmingham, AL	Mixed Frieght	via Bristol, dropped traffic at Radford between July-December 2004. In 2005 dropped traffic if V38 did not run that day.
16T	M6T	Birmingham, AL	Allentown, PA	Mixed Frieght	via Bristol
185	M85	Roanoke, VA	Bellevue, OH	Mixed Frieght	via Bluefield. Carried empty Ford auto parts boxcars through June 2007, dropped October 2007. Reinstated May 2008.
186	M86	Bensenville, IL	Linwood, NC	Mixed Frieght	via Bluefield. Added before April 2010.
17M	M7M	Linwood, NC	Elkhart, IN	Mixed Frieght	via Bluefield
18M	M8M	Bellvue, OH	Linwood, NC	Mixed Frieght	via Bluefield
188	M88	Columbus or Portsmouth, OH	Roanoke, VA	Mixed Frieght	Added October 2007 to handle local deliveries formerly performed by 148.
189	M89	Roanoke, VA	Columbus or Portsmouth, OH	Mixed Frieght	Added October 2007 to handle local work formerly performed by 147.
194	M94	Bellevue, OH	Linwood, NC	Mixed Frieght	via Bluefield. Added early 2004, dropped October 2007. Reinstated May 2008.
39Q	W9Q	Roanoke, VA	Knoxville, TN	Southbound manifest	via Bristol. Replaced 37Q west of Roanoke in October 2012.
38Q	W8Q	Chattanooga, TN	Harrisburg, PA	Northbound manifest	via Bristol. Carries Coors traffic. Extended south from Roanoke between May 2006 and Feb. 2007, and after Apr 2007. Dropped last week of 2007. Restored 1Q 2009 and origin changed from Knoxville to Chattanooga.
201	I01	Rutherford, PA	Rossville, TN	Westbound domestic TOFC/COFC	via Bristol, Tues-Sun. Added January 2013.
202	I02	Rossville, TN	ERail, NJ	Eastbound domestic TOFC/COFC	via Bristol, Tues-Sun. Added December 2005, Fri-Mon only, dropped early January 2007. Also ran as a 226/I26 on rare occassions. Restored early 2010, expanded to 6 days a week.
217	I17	Greensboro, NC	Chicago, IL (Calumet Yard)	TOFC	via Bluefield, Tues.-Sat. only
218	I18	Chicago, IL (Calumet Yard)	Greensboro, NC	TOFC	via Bluefield, Saturday-Thursday.
233	I33	Norfolk, VA	Chicago, IL (Landers)	intermodal (single stack and TOFC), sometimes autoracks	via Bluefield
234	I33	Chicago, IL (Landers)	Norfolk, VA	intermodal (single stack and TOFC).	via Bluefield, Wed.-Sun. only
236	I36	Columbus, OH	Norfolk, VA	Double Stacks.	via Bluefield since October 2010; Originated in Chicago and ran via Bristol until October 2010. Often had one 86'/60' auto parts boxcar on head end and/or FTTX frame flats on rear through June 2007.
23G	I3G	Louisville, KY	Norfolk, VA	Autoracks, double stacks.	via Bristol. Often runs with DPU since January 2011. Renumbered from 125 in Jan. 2004, Hauled Coors traffic from January 2003 to July 2004. Hauled loaded FTTX frame flats through 21 June 2007.
22A	I2A	Norfolk, VA	Louisville, KY	Double stacks.	via Bristol. Often runs with DPU since January 2011. Hauled Coors traffic from January 2003 to July 2004. Carried empty FTTX frame flats until July 2007.
272	I72	Kansas City, MO	Winston-Salem, NC (Walktertown)	Loaded Autoracks	via Bluefield (and Bellevuew,OH). Replaced 274 late 2010.
272	I72
29G	I9G	Crewe	???	Westbound Empty Autoracks	via Bluefield, as required.
29W	I9W	Winston-Salem	???	Westbound Empty Autoracks	As required. Usually routed via Bristol. Renumbered from 25N in October 2012.

Local Trains

Train Number	Origin	Destination	Description	Notes
UB01	Bluefield, WV	Bluefield, WV	Yard crew
V19	Bristol, VA	Bristol, VA	Road switcher	Formerly VB01
V29	Radford, VA	Narrows, VA	Evening local turn	Serves Radford Arsenal, Kimballton lime plant, Celco, or the Radford, Blacksburg or Kingston branches as needed.
V33	Radford, VA	Narrows, VA	Local Turn	Serves Celco, Kimballton lime plant and Pepper
V34	Bluefield, WV	Narrows, WV	Local	Serves Glen Lyn and Celco
V35/V36	Roanoke, VA	Elliston, VA	Local Turn	First/Second crew shifts
V37	Radford, VA	Wytheville, VA	Local Turn
V38	Roanke, VA	Radford, VA	Turn.	Added December 2004. Formerly a Pulaski District local (second crew shift of V37)
V39	Radford, VA	Radford, VA	Road Switcher	Serves Radford, Blacksburg or Kingston branches as needed.
V40	Bristol, VA	Rural Retreat, VA	Local
V51/V52/V53	Whitethorne, VA	Ellett, VA	Whitethorne Pushers.	First/Second/Third crew shifts.
V60	Roanoke, VA	Bradshaw, VA	Local Turn	Trash Train
920-925	Anywhere	Anywhere	Ballast Trains	As required
930/91V/946/97Z	Anywhere	Anywhere	Work Train	Roams from Roanoke to Bluefield to Bristol as required.
960/962	Bluefied or Bristol	Roanoke	Eastbound light power moves.	As needed.
961/963	Roanoke, VA	West...	Westbound light power moves.	As needed.

Unit Trains

Train Number	Second Section	Origin	Destination	Description	Notes
60J	Z0J	Princeton, WV	Hyco,NC	Loads	Aggregate Hoppers. From P-D District at Kellysville
61J	Z1J	Hyco,NC	Princeton, WV	Empties	Aggregate Hoppers. To P-D District at Kellysville
64G	Z4G	Belews Creek, NC	Princeton, WV	Loads	Aggregate Hoppers. To P-D District at Kellysville
65G	Z6G	Princeton, WV	Belews Creek,NC	Empties	Aggregate Hoppers. From P-D District at Kellysville
63N	Z3N	???	Lee Creek, NC	Loads	Molten Sulfur Tank Cars.

Unit Grain Trains

Train Number	Second Section	Origin	Destination	Description	Notes
51J	Y1J	???	???	Grain Train	Empty
51R	Y1R	???	???	Grain Train	Empty
51T	Y1T	???	???	Grain Train	Empty
52Q	Y2Q	???	???	Grain Train	Loaded
55R	Y5R	???	???	Grain Train	Empty
57J	Y7J	???	???	Grain Train	Empty
48Q	X8Q	???	???	Grain Train	Loaded
48V	X8V	???	???	Grain Train	Loaded
58W	X8W	???	???	Grain Train	Loaded

Coal Trains

Train Number	Second Section	Origin	Destination	Description	Notes
578	Y78	South Fork, PA	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
720	Q20	Andover, VA	Clover, VA	Loads	Added mid-2008. Can run via Bluefield or Bristol, often with DPU.
721	Q21	Clover, VA	Andover, VA	Empties	Added mid-2008. Can run via Bluefield or Bristol.
722	Q22	Andover, VA	Clover, VA	Loads	New 1Q 2007. Can run via Bluefield or Bristol, often with DPU.
723	Q23	Clover, VA	Andover, VA	Empties	Added 2Q 2007. Can run via Bluefield or Bristol.
752	Q52	????	????	Loads	From P-D District at Kellysville
753	Q53	????	????	Empties	To P-D District at Kellysville
754	Q54	Elmore, WV	Belews Creek, NC	Loads	From P-D District at Kellysville
755	Q55	Belews Creek, NC	Elmore, WV	Empties	To P-D District at Kellysville
756	Q56	Williamson, WV	Belews Creek, NC	Loads
757	Q57	Belews Creek, NC	Williamson, WV	Empties
758	Q58	Williamson, WV	Belews Creek, NC	Loads
759	Q59	Belews Creek, NC	Williamson, WV	Empties
760	Q60	Williamson, WV	Belews Creek, NC	Loads
761	Q61	Belews Creek, NC	Williamson, WV	Empties
762	Q62	Williamson, WV	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	Loads
763	Q63	Hyco,NC/Mayo,VA	Williamson, WV	Empties
764	Q64	Williamson, WV	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	Loads
765	Q65	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	Williamson, WV	Empties
766	Q66	Williamson, WV	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	Loads
767	Q67	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	Williamson, WV	Empties
768	Q68	Kopperston, WV	Hyco, NC	Loads	From P-D District at Kellysville
769	Q69	Hyco, NC	Kopperston, WV	Empties	To P-D District at Kellysville
770	Q70	WV	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	Loads
771	Q71	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	WV	Empties
772	Q72	Norton, VA	Roanoke, VA	Loads	routed via Bluefield or Bristol.
773	Q73	Roanoke, VA	Norton, VA	Empties
774	Q74	WV	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	Loads
775	Q75	Hyco,NC/Mayo, VA	WV	Empties
76A	Q6A	???	Clover, VA	Loads	routed via Bluefield or Bristol.
77A	Q7A	Clover, VA	???	Empties	routed via Bluefield or Bristol.
810	S10	Elmore, WV	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads	From P-D District at Kellysville
811	S11	Lamberts Point, VA	Elmore, WV	Empties	To P-D District at Kellysville
812	S12	Elmore, WV	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads	From P-D District at Kellysville
813	S13	Lamberts Point, VA	Elmore, WV	Empties	To P-D District at Kellysville
814	S14	Norton, VA	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
815	S15	Lamberts Point, VA	Norton, VA	Empties
816	S16	Norton, VA	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
817	S17	Lamberts Point, VA	Norton, VA	Empties
819	S19	Lamberts Point, VA	Norton, VA	Empties	Usually runs via Bristol and Bulls Gap in 2011.
820	S20	Weller, VA	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
821	S21	Lamberts Point, VA	Weller, VA	Empties
822	S22	Weller, VA	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
823	S23	Lamberts Point, VA	Weller, VA	Empties
824	S24	Williamson/Auville, WV	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
825	S25	Lamberts Point, VA	Williamson/Auville, WV	Empties
826	S26	Williamson/Auville, WV	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
827	S27	Lamberts Point, VA	Williamson/Auville, WV	Empties
828	S28	Williamson/Auville, WV	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
829	S29	Lamberts Point, VA	Williamson/Auville, WV	Empties
832	S32	Bluefield, WV	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
833	S33	Lamberts Point, VA	Bluefield, WV	Empties
834	S34	Williamson, WV	Roanoke, VA	Loads
835	S35	Roanoke, VA	Williamson, WV	Empties
836	S36	Elmore, WV	Roanoke, VA	Loads	From P-D District at Kellysville
837	S37	Roanoke, VA	Elmore, WV	Empties	To P-D District at Kellysville
841	S41	Baltimore, MD	Williamson, WV	Empties
844	S44	Williamson, WV	Linwood, NC	Loads
845	S45	Linwood, NC	Williamson, WV	Empties
84E	S4E	???	???	Loads
85E	S5E	Edgemoor, DE	Elmore, WV	Empties
84G	S4G	Elmore, WV	Brickhaven, NC	Loads	FLCX alum. hoppers
85G	S5G	Brickhaven, NC	Elmore, WV	Empties	FLCX alum. hoppers
84J	S4J	???	Brickhaven, NC?	Loads	via Clinch Valley District
85J	S5J	Brickhaven, NC?	???	Empties	via Clinch Valley District
88M	S8M	Williamson, WV	Alexandria, VA	Loaded	PEPCO
898	S98	????	????	Loads	Extra Non-Commercial Coal Train
899	S99	????	????	Empties	Extra Non-Commercial Coal Train

Unit Coal Train Destinations:

Hyco, NC/Mayo, VA Progress Energy Carolinas (Carolina Light & Power) - PGNX Belews Creek, NC Duke Energy

Clover, VA Dominion Power Lamberts Point, VA Export Coal

Alexandria, VA Potomac Electric Power Co. (PEPCO) York Haven, PA Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. - PPLX

Spencer, NC Duke Energy Buck Steam Station

Obsolete Symbols

Train Number	Second Section	Origin	Destination	Description	Notes
111	M11	Kansas City, MO	Roanoke, VA	Mixed Frieght, Coors traffic on head end	via Bristol and Knoxville. Replaced with train 162 January 2003, restored late 7/2004. Sometimes picked up cars at Radford from July-December 2004. Drops and picks up traffic at Bristol. Coors traffic moved to 38Q between May 2006 and Feb. 2007, and from April-December 2007. Extended from Roanoke to Harrisburg October 2007, changed back to terminate in Roanoke the last week of Janaury 2009. Changed to terminate in Chattanooga early 2009.
112	M12	Harrisburg, PA	Kansas City, MO	Mixed Frieght, Coors traffic on head end	via Bristol and Knoxville. Replaced with train 163 January 2003, restored late 7/2004. Drops and picks up traffic at Bristol. Coors traffic moved to 37Q between May 2006 and Feb. 2007, and from April-December 2007. Origin changed to Harrisburg from Roanoke in October 2007, changed back to Roanoke the last week of January 2009. Changed to originate in Chattanooga in early 2009.
125	M25	Louisville, KY	Norfolk, VA	Autoracks, double stacks, loaded FTTX auto frame flats	via Bristol. Renumbered to 23G in 1/2004. Also carried Coors traffic from 1/2003 to 1/2004. Drops block of aouracks in Roanoke for 274 to forward to Walkertown,NC
147	M47	Crewe, VA	Bellevue, OH	Mixed Frieght	Used to originate at Roanoke, extended to Crewe early 2004. Extended from Columbus (Buckeye Yard) to Bellevue October 2007. Shortened to Crewe-Roanoke late 2009.
148	M48	Bellevue, OH	Crewe, VA	Mixed Frieght	Extended east of Roanoke in early 2004. Extended from Columbus(Buckeye Yard) to Bellevue October 2007. Dropped by late 2009
184	M84	Bellevue, OH	Norfolk, VA	Autoracks and autoparts boxcars	via Bluefield. Carried some mixed freight before 194 added. Terminated September 2006.
19M	M9M	Linwood, NC	Elkhart, IN	Mixed Frieght	via Bluefield. Added November 2010. Dropped March 2012.
162	M62	Memphis, TN (UP traffic)	Roanoke, VA	Mixed Frieght	via Bristol. Suspended late 7/2004, replaced by 111
163	M63	Roanoke, VA	Memphis, TN (UP traffic)	Mixed Frieght	via Bristol. Added 1/2003, Suspended late 7/2004, replaced and replaced by 112 Dropped traffic block at Radford
142	M42	Columbus, OH (Buckeye Yard)	Linwood, NC	Mixed Frieght	Ran for a few weeks in mid-February 2006. Just a temporary reroute?
247	I47	Winston-Salem, NC (Walktertown)	Detroit, MI	Autoracks	via Bluefield, as required. Added December 2005 (possibly earlier).
274	I74	Bellevue, OH	Winston-Salem, NC (Walktertown)	Loaded Autoracks	via Bluefield. Carried mixed freight between September 2003 and early 2004 (traffic moved to 194). Carried old 184's traffic west of Roanoke (including Ford parts October 2006-June 2007). Drops block of racks in Roanoke for 23G to forward to Poe. Replaced by 272 late 2010.
25N	I5N	Winston-Salem	???	Westbound Empty Autoracks	As required. Usually routed via Bristol, sometimes via Bluefield. Added October 2006. Renumbered to 29W in October 2012.
277	I77	Crescent, VA	Moberly, MO	Loaded Autoracks	via Bluefield. Terminated September 2006.
27R	I7R	Crescent, VA	Toledo, OH (Airline Jct)	Westbound Empty Bi-Level Autoracks	via Bluefield, as required. Mostly ran during Norfolk Ford plan shutdowns.
32N	W2N	???	???	Eastbouund Auto Parts Box Cars	Seen once in October 2006 before Ford parts traffic moved to 274.
37Q	W7Q	Harrisburg, PA	Chattanooga, TN	Southbound manifest	via Bristol. Carries Coors traffic. Extended south from Roanoke between May 2006 and Feb. 2007, and after Apr 2007. Dropped last week of 2007. Restored 1Q 2009 and extended to Chattanooga from Knoxville. Later shortened to Knoxville. Shortend to terminate at Roanoke in October 2012 and replaced with 39Q west of Roanoke.
60Q	Z0Q	Chicago, IL	Lee Creek, NC	Sulfur Train (tank cars)	Loaded. No longer runs; symbol reassigned
61Q	Z1Q	Lee Creek, NC	Chicago, IL	Sulfur Train (tank cars)	Empty. No longer runs; symbol reassigned
60R	Z0R	Chicago, IL	Hopewell, VA	Sulfur Train (tank cars)	Loaded. No longer runs; symbol reassigned
61R	Z1R	Hopewell, VA	Chicago, IL	Sulfur Train (tank cars)	Empty. No longer runs; symbol reassigned
76Q	Q6Q	Knoxville, TN	Belews Creek, NC	Loads from Turley, TN	Runs eastbound over the Pulaski District with manned pushers.
800	S00	Elmore, WV	York Haven, PA	Loads	PPLX Train. From P-D District at Kellysville
801	S01	York Haven, PA	Elmore, WV	Empties	PPLX Train. To P-D District at Kellysville
818	S18	Norton, VA	Lamberts Point, VA	Loads
787	Q87	Clover, VA		Empties	Usually routed via Bristol. Sometimes ran via Bluefield.
846	S46	Williamson, WV	Linwood, NC	Loads
847	S47	Linwood, NC	Williamson, WV	Empties
86R	S6R	????	Chalk Point, MD	Loaded	via Clinch Valley District
88A	S8A	????	????	Loaded	Usually via Bluefield, but seen once coming east on the Pulaski District with helpers.
88E	S8E	????	????	Loaded
897	S97	Indian River, DE	Norton, VA	Empties	Comes south down Shenandoah Valley to Roanoke.

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Pulaski district trains have yellow backgrounds.	Westbounds pale yellow	Eastbounds in bright yelllow.
Princeton-Deepwater District trains have green backgrounds.	Westbounds in pale green	Eastbounds in bright green

Hyco, NC/Mayo, VA	Progress Energy Carolinas (Carolina Light & Power) - PGNX	Belews Creek, NC	Duke Energy
Clover, VA	Dominion Power	Lamberts Point, VA	Export Coal
Alexandria, VA	Potomac Electric Power Co. (PEPCO)	York Haven, PA	Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. - PPLX
Spencer, NC	Duke Energy Buck Steam Station