A Bluefield icon :
Tim Hairston
Story by Kassidy Brown with contributed photos by Timothy Hairston
Evangelist Timothy Hairston , of McDowell County , poses in front of the coaling tower in the Bluefield rail yard . Hairston has been photographing train for 30 years and on any given day , you will see him park on the side of the road in Bluefield photographing trains on the Northfork & Southern rail yard .
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Photo by Rick Barbero