Just another loaded coal train idling on The Tom's Creek Branch.

NS 1112 going over the May Street Crossing in Downtown Coeburn, with Ole Glory flying high on the hilltop in the background.

Between Little Tom Tunnel and Big Lawson Trestle along the former N&W Clinch Valley District, NS 789 crosses over the Buchanan Hollow crossing.

Empty coal bucket 745 crosses Kennedy Trestle, one of the many curved trestles between Coeburn and St.Paul on the scenic Clinch Valley District.

Norfolk Southern loaded coal train U44 is about to come off of the Big Toms Creek Branch and head east on the Clinch Valley mainline in downtown Coeburn, VA. The U44 crew will take the train to C... (more)

With morning fog in the air after rain showers, Norfolk Southern coal train U44 is just getting underway on the Big Toms Creek Branch at Coeburn, VA. The U44 "mine run" crew will take the loaded ... (more)

Westbound empty hopper train.

On the ex-Norfolk and Western Clinch Valley line, eastbound Norfolk Southern mine run U44 passes emtpy Tacoma Storage tracks as the train is about to enter the town of Coeburn, VA. The empty coal... (more)

Norfolk Southern train U45 is diverging off of the Clinch Valley mainline onto the Big Toms Creek Branch in downtown Coeburn, VA. The empty coal train is headed to Toms Creek at the end of the br... (more)

Norfolk Southern train U45 is moving west at Coeburn, VA. The empty coal train is headed to Toms Creek, VA on the Big Toms Creek Branch for flood loading. In a few minutes, the train will be lea... (more)

Tucked away in the small town of Coeburn Virginia, this old N&W dwarf signal appears to serve as the approach signal for the Toms Creek Branch's junction with the Clinch Valley Extension mainline.... (more)

NS U45 is backing through the Bondtown community of the town of Coeburn, VA on the Big Toms Creek Branch. The empty coal train will be flood loaded at the end of the branch.

The conductor of NS U45 rides on the platform of the caboose as the empty coal train makes a reverse move off of the Clinch Valley mainline and onto the Big Toms Creek Branch. The train is about ... (more)

A few miles east of the town of Coeburn, VA, three light engines (NS U44) head east across Big Lawson Trestle.

Once the rear clears the switch to the Toms Creek Branch in downtown Coeburn, the empty hopper train will slowly roll to a stop. The crew will shove the empties along the branch for loading at Tom... (more)