Westbound P31 arrives into Canton on this beautiful winter afternoon.

The older power will be asked to wait to allow 22A on the siding to depart west.

Eastbound at CP194

NS 33K

En route to Radford, TVRM's Southern Consolidation 630 works upgrade near Atkins with the assistance of two admiral cab SD40-2's. This excursion will turn at Walton and return to Bristol on the NS... (more)

On a sunny saturday morning, TVRM's Southern Consolidation 630 takes off from Bristol Yard as part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam Program. This excursion, running eastbound under 060, is... (more)

NS 202 (Rossville, TN-Harrisburg, PA) a hot pig train take the diversion clear signal for (CP) Pierce and high tail it out of town of the West End Div.

NS 748 slides downhill through the Loops, seen here at Round Knob. Dynamics are howling and brake shoe smoke is filling the valley as three units hold their 14,000-ton loaded coal train at a stead... (more)

"Horsey and Flag"

NS 135 grinds up the Loops by Andrews Geyser on a beautiful spring afternoon. They are about 20 minutes into their run up the Loops and have about 20 more to go before topping the 2.2%, 16-mile gr... (more)

The helpers for 744 rode down the mountain to Old Fort to grab cars for Asheville on the run west. Here, they're seen busting out of the rock cut south of Jarrat's Tunnel. The crew commented how t... (more)

Loaded coal train 744 has just met westbound P87 and is underway at the east end of Old Fort. The Appalachian coal is at the bottom of the descent of the Appalachians down the famous Southern Loop... (more)

In perfect morning light, an eastbound coal train thunders upgrade at Ridgecrest. In less than a minute, the head end will begin the 16-mile descent to Old Fort down the 2.2% grade through the Loo... (more)

Literally seconds after the sun has risen over the mountains to the east, Asheville-Hickory local P87 trundles by at Ridgecrest with woodchip hoppers for Old Fort in tow.

Steam returns to the Christiansburg District.... Operating on a deadhead move from Bristol to Bluefield, two freshly painted SD40-2's lead SOU 2-8-0 No. 630 on an equipment deadhead bound f... (more)