Norfolk Southern eastbound near Welch, WV carrying coal loads from Scotts-dale Division.
Research by Category
The research is sort into the following categories:
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Industry Research - Pages devoted to specific coal mines, power plants, and other industries. Includes completed N Scale layout design elements for the particular industry.
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General Research - Pages devoted to unique features of the trackside areas near "stations" of the NS. A station can be as simple as a mainline crossover. Generally this will be unique or prominent NS features. Includes completed N Scale layout design elements for the particular station.
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Rolling Stock Research - Information and photographs about locomotives and freight cars of the Norfolk Southern. Includes information about models, quantity, and paint schemes. Also includes sources for more photographs.
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Miscellaneous Layout Design Elements - Elements not specific to the Norfolk Southern but useful to model railroaders when designing a layout.
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Other Sites - Reviews and links to other sites about the Norfolk Southern.
Research by Location
New to the Norfolk Southern Research section is the Research Map which shows all location specific research, regardless of type. This is very useful to see all the information available for a given location such as McDowell County, WV.
Research List by mile post is a table listing all the research by mile number from Norfolk to Williamson. There are links to completed pages, unlinked items on the list indicate future pages to be completed.
NS Research @ SDD site catalogs my research into the Norfolk Southern's Virginia & Pocahontas Divisions (old N&W). My research has been focused better understanding prototype operations as part of developing my model railroad. Therefore most of the research is related to the coal mining industry and some of its online customers.
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Scotts-dale Division Site
This web site is a private web site. It is not affiliated with nor endorsed by the Norfolk Southern Corporation.
August 19, 2009 - Added NS System Map section revisions. Current focus is NS Pocahontas Division.
August 18, 2009 - Completed site maintenance to restore all Google map functionality. Added Google custom search for the site.
August 15, 2009 - Major site maintenance.