As the northbound NS empty hopper train flys overhead via CSX's Kingsport Sub, a set of CSX pushers drifts downgrade westbound on the NS Appalachia District, having just shoved their train up the ... (more)
Coal loads from one of the mines on the former L&N are seen here with the 237 pusher operating under trackage rights. Operating on former Southern rails this train is enroute to home rails to the... (more)
This extra south is crossing one of the most recognizable landmarks on the former CRR. Copper Creek Viaduct. With tons of Appalachian coal this SB is in Run 8 as it muscles on towards the next sum... (more)
A pair of CSX GEs lead loaded trackage rights coal train U382 eastbound across NS's Copper Creek Viaduct.
A two and a half hour wait is rewarded with CSX's newest locomotive on the point of a southbound loaded coal train gliding across Copper Creek in the evening light. I think it was worth the minor... (more)
The early morning fog lingers in the Clinch River Valley as a northbound CSX empty coal train rumbles across the Copper Creek Viaduct on its trek to the coal mines of Eastern Kentucky.
The late evening shadows begin to cover the scene at Copper Creek Viaduct as a northbound empty hopper train rumbles across the 180-foot high span which was originally constructed by the Carolina,... (more)
Using its trackage rights, train E325 crosses the Clinch River at Clinchport, VA.
NS 722 heads East toward a meet with two Westbounds at Watkins. Only about 20 seconds after this shot, CSX Q696 came roaring over the Copper Creek Viaduct that looms overtop of this 722.
CSX Q696 rumbles across the Copper Creek Viaduct only seconds after the head end of NS 722 crossed the lower NS trestle. more)
Just seconds before CSX Q696 arrives on the the much higher CSX viaduct, NS 722 crosses over the little trestle at Copper Creek.
NS 78T gathers speed it will need to make the long grade up to Watkins with one unit, an EMD, shut down due to traction motor fire at Tito.
A pair of CSX SD70MACs leads southbound loaded coal train T134-31 across the Copper Creek Viaduct on the former Clinchfield RR mainline.
CSX 741 takes empties North across the Copper Creek Viaduct
CSX 237 leads DKPX empties North across the Copper Creek Viaduct
