The rear helper prepares to cut away from NS coal train Q02 while CSX empty train KT03 awaits its turn at Watkins.
Coal train 78T emerges from the shadows as passes some fall color as it struggles to approach Watkins.
A new GEVO unit pulls a string of empties under the signal bridge at Watkins.
The recent cool nights have made Mr. Arnold get an early start on using the fireplace as seen by the smoke rising from the chimney. CSX train U352 briefly disrupts the Saturday morning peacefulnes... (more)
With its helpers safely tucked into the siding the "Kingsport Turn's" caboose drifts slowly toward the rear of the train. It took the dispatcher about a half hour to figure what the crew wanted t... (more)
Detouring manifest train meets WB emptie hopper train on NS.
NS westbound empty hopper train 787 sits in the hole at Watkins as an eastbound loaded CSX train crests the top of the hill.
The late evening sun has ducked below the typical summer evening cloud deck for this shot of a CSX westbound emtpy train at Watkins on a beautiful evening in SW Virginia.
A pair of CSX AC6000s lead two dead GP40-2s (Kingsport yard engines) on an eastbound loaded coal train as it tops the hill at Watkins operating on NS trackage rights.
Crews exchange a friendly wave as eastbound NS coal train 702 passes a set of CSX helper engines in the siding at Watkins.
Early morning eastbound CSX loaded coal train topping the 1.9% grade at Watkins.
NS 73A westbound at Watkins on an unusually clear Summer evening.
With spring flowers blooming, a westbound train of empty hoppers rolls through Watkins
Empties head west over NS trackage. @ CP Watkins
A pair of CSX GEs lead a southbound loaded coal train around the curve at milepost 68 at Starnes/Slant, VA.