The furloughed employees are being offered positions at Norfolk Southern locations in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The following areas are also experiencing furloughs:

Company spokesperson Robin Chapman says the furloughs are in response to the weakness in the coal market.

Chapman says the affected positions are conductors and conductor trainees.

Below is a list of counties in which could possibly be affected by the furloughs:

The listed counties are served by Norfolk Southern, but may not necessarily be affected.

The furloughed employees are being offered positions at Norfolk Southern locations in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Norfolk Southern Railroad has announced the layoffs of 200 engineers and conductors who run coal routes in the company's Pocahontas Division that includes southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia.

Norfolk Southern says it's moving less and less coal in that area and doesn't need as many trains.

The workers have been offered other jobs in seven other regions, but most of those are in Midwestern states.

A Norfolk Southern spokesperson says that would require "permanent relocation."

It also appears Beckley-based Mechel Mining is closing down at least five mining operations in southern West Virginia.

Various reports indicate a surface mine in Wyoming County is impacted and a few underground mines in McDowell County.

The company says it will have a news release shortly about the idled operations.