Fall Pokey Trip, need info

[troy12n]

I am taking a trip up to the North Central VA area and will be making a detour to the pokey. Leaving 10/31 and will be gone until 11/14.

Been up there two times in the past year and both times I got kind of stung because of the maintenance windows due to the Heartland Cooridoor project (last November) and signal work (August).

What I would like to know what days they are working. I think last time I was up there, they were off on Fri/Sat or Thur/Fri. 

Any info would be useful so I can optimize my trip and schedule my non-railfan activities on the appropriate days.

Also interested in traffic levels and accessibility between Bluefield and Pembroke,  I have never really fanned the area between Bluefield and Roanoke to any degree

[Ns Railfan]

Go to Krunk.org they have  good stuff scanner  frequencies, timetables, train ID's for the New River, Pochantas Clinch Valley districts. I was up there last fall and was disapointed I only caught about 8 to 10 train during daylight hours. Good luck!

[Expoacher]

  On my last trip the tunnel project crews were clearing at twelve noon.

[Michael Knight]

Go to the CSX/NS Appalachia Group on Yahoo for more information. They should be able to help.