Norfolk Southern shoves a load of black diamonds through the town of Appalachia and back into the yard at Andover. Appalachia has been a deceasing town for several years now, and continues to go d... (more)

Working along the former Southern Railway branch to St. Charles, Virginia under threatening skies, NS U55 crosses "Exter Rd" on its way to load at Benedict.

A patched 90MAC poses as it sits tied down and loaded.

NS 745 slides through Appalachia past the old L&N Passenger Depot. It is easy to imagine 4 or 5 L&N SD40-2's in run 8 flying past the depot on the track to the left off the train.

The U49 sits behind the Icehouse and will become 76M later today loaded at Wentz and will be on its way to SC.

NS 386 works track 1 and 2 in Andover Yard, putting a train together for Bulls Gap. Note the old scale house and track to the left of the train.

NS 742 Belmont train has been placed on hold in Appalachia until some room can be made for it to come in at Sevier Yard in Knoxville, TN.

NS 8001 shoves the empty ECP train back thru Andover yard on a mine run to Wentz in Stonega, VA.

NS 7300 a patched UP 9043 brings a small cut of coal cars and 2 empty Ammonium Nitrate cars down to set out in the Big Stone yard for tomorrow's 386 to Bulls Gap.

Older NS power 8427 with a UP trailing eases its way thru the cross-over switches in the Big Stone Yard located in the Appalachia straight of old Highway US 23.

An empty Georgia Power coal train with a UP SD70M in tow passes the old L&N Depot in the small coal town of Appalachia, VA.

NS u48 with coal loads from Wentz awaits a pusher crew so that the train may continue on with a patched UP/SP motor in the lead which is quiet unusual for Appalachia, VA.

One day after Christmas, 79K sits tied down behind town in Appalachia , VA. This particular spot is know as ''The Jail House", the reason is unknown.

9827 passes a caboose sitting on the Paragon loading track which used to be the L&N Mainline until completion of the bridge in Big Stone Gap and a trackage rights agreement between NS and Chessie ... (more)