CSX 322 utilizes trackage rights over the NS Appalachia Division during a meet with NS 782 at Boone.

NS 782holds the main at Boone as it waits for a CSX trackage rights coal trian to arrive for a pass.

With MofW and train crews exchanging waves, NS westbound Andover turn T74 works through the siding at Boone with an eastbound rail train holding the mainline.

With NS loaded coal train 72A holding the mainline, CSX 361 leads a westbound through the siding at Boone.

NS 73A will be at Watkins for 1 Westbound and 2 Eastbounds before taking its turn to head West

NS 73A allows a shorter NS 79G to pass at Watkins.

NS 9076 leads this empty hopper train through Watkins as the conductor of NS 73A stands by for a roll by inspection

NS 7639 leads an eastbound coal train at dusk as seen from the photographer's front porch.

A fairly new GEVO leads empty unit coal train 703 westbound by Marble Point Church just west of Gate City on a muggy Monday afternoon.

NS's Frisco-Andover turn gets underway out of the siding at Watkins with two SD40-2s leading a healthy size train.

With the headlight just beginning to peek over the crest of the grade and the late evening sunlight catching the exhaust this CSX loaded coal train is on the last leg of the brutal climb up the 1.... (more)

As the sun begins to rise on a hot and muggy Sunday morning, CSX 129 leads an eastbound loaded coal train through Gate City on its trek to re-join CSX rails at Frisco, TN for its journey to points... (more)

Springtime in the mountains....longer days, everything turning green and everything under the sun blooming. Throw in with that a couple of clean EMDs and a 70 degree evening and you have a great t... (more)

A pair of CSX AC44s leads an eastbound BBFX loaded coal train (U35606) through the western outskirts of Gate City, VA as the morning frost begins to burn off after a low in the teens overnight.

On a clear but cold Sunday afternoon, CSX 319 leads a westbound empty HLMX unit coal train through the community of Daniel Boone, VA as it operates over NS's Appalachia District via a trackage rig... (more)