A matched pair of YN2 AC44's pull a loaded scrubber train South on the Appalachia District, running along the base of the Virginia mountains.

The mountains of Southwest Virginia stand tall above the beautiful valley at Jasper. A stone train briefly interrupts the tranquility as it makes it's way down the Appalachia District toward King... (more)

A rock wall towers high over the rails of the old Southern in Natural Tunnel, providing the backdrop for a CSX Scrubber train out of Loyall, Ky as it winds its way toward Eastman in Kingsport, TN... (more)

Loads of coal for Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, TN exit the Earth at the south portal of Natural Tunnel near Duffield, Virginia shortly after daybreak on a muggy may morning. Someday I'll be loo... (more)

Loaded coal train T090 disrupts the quiet fog filled valley at Gate City as it makes its way down the NS Appalachia District towards its destination at Eastman Chemical in Kingsport.

A matched set of AC4400CW's wearing CSX's attractive YN2 paint scheme bring loaded coal train T090 through the Valley between Watkins and Gate City, Virginia on a foggy May morning.

A YN2 painted SD70MAC takes a break for the night in downtown Columbia back in 2016 when these engines were a little less uncommon. Now only 20 or so EMD's remain on the active CSX roster in YN2 ... (more)

A solo 70MAC leads a ballast train for Greenwood, SC through the C&O signal bridge at "Bobbs" in Thelma, Kentucky on a chilly, dreary spring afternoon.

A pair of SD70MACs span Orsborne's Curve, a classic Clinchfield location, in Dungannon, Virginia bringing a potash train for Florida south toward Kingsport.

A pair of SD70MACs cruises alongside VA 65 on the rails of the former Clinchfield bringing an unusual to the area potash train south toward Kingsport, ultimately bound for Florida.

NS 123 winds through the rolling farmlands of North Carolina's foothills with the Wabash heritage unit in charge.

The Conrail heritage unit pushes coal loads past the ancient N&W coaling tower at Farm while several GE's idle away and fog rolls through the West Virginia hollers.

Rain falls on the Kentucky mountains as the Crooked Hill pushers glide downgrade to retrieve a northbound and shove it up the hill.

A northbound catches the evening light at Lemoyne, Ohio approaching Walbridge Yard, ducking beneath the now replaced C&O signal bridge that had kept its watch over the Pemberville Subdivision for... (more)

The day turns into night as Q541 grinds upgrade on Duff Mountain. The train is down to a crawl as the GE's on the front and rear give it all they have in the battle between machine and nature. He... (more)