CSX mine run C871 exits the tunnel in Haysi, Virginia on its way from Shelbiana to the mine in McClure.

After returning to home rails in Big Stone Gap, U090, powered by two veteran General Electric locomotives painted in the classic CSX YN2 paint scheme, twists through the community of Olinger, VA o... (more)

A very quiet and tranquil Sunday morning in the rural Virginia mountains is briefly interrupted by the deafening sound of squealing flanges and roaring GE motors, as loads of coal head for Kingspo... (more)

CSX 3132 with help from the Canadian National Railroad heads north out of Natural Bridge station

With two AC motors on both ends of the train, CSX coal train T090 grinds its way up the stiff grade from Copper Creek utilizing trackage rights over the Southern.

Four CSX GE's bring train C871 past the south end of Towers and across the Russell Fork with 200 empties to be loaded at McClure,VA.

The conductor in charge of over a hundred cars of Kentucky black diamonds guides CSX T090 over the switch at the lower end of Hagans switchback, preparing to break the train so they can navigate ... (more)

With a cluster of barns forming a frame and the mountains of Virginia providing a backdrop, loaded coal train T090-17 makes its way through the stunning scenery along the Cumberland Valley Subdiv... (more)

CSX train T090 has just finished making its move over Hagans Switchback and is back on the move east along the Cumberland Valley Sub towards Big Stone Gap,VA.

Q692 exits the second of the 2 Hill Station twin tunnels between Copper Creek and Starnes on the Kingsport Sub.

110 loads of coal bound for Brice,NC roll across the famous Copper Creek trestle spanning 1,091 feet in length and 167 feet tall.

A mixed freight rolls through the platform of the Fredericksburg VRE station as a heavy thunderstorm pours down rain.

CSX T093-30 heads east across Bootleg Trestle near Sunbright, VA and will soon pass through Natural Tunnel as the train exercises trackage rights over Norfolk Southern.

A loaded CSX coal train rolls east through Oreton, VA as it exercises trackage rights over Norfolk Southern between Big Stone Gap, VA to Frisco, TN. In addition to the two locomotives on the fron... (more)

Southbound CSX loaded unit grain train G656-22 rolls by the passing and storage sidings in the small community of Slant, VA. However, the railroad name for this place is Starnes. The train is op... (more)