NS 722 grinds upgrade through Duffield, VA.
Just seconds before CSX Q696 arrives on the the much higher CSX viaduct, NS 722 crosses over the little trestle at Copper Creek.
Basking in the last rays of this beautiful days sunshine, NS 722 passes through Glenita just East of Natural Tunnel State Park.
NS 722 works hard upgrade with Appalachian Mountain coal at Irondale past one of Appalachia's other major resources, Timber, ready to be trucked to mill.
NS 722 rolls through the rolling river valley at Duffield before beginning the steep climb up towards Sunbright.
NS 722 begins it trip on Central Division rails after departing its origin at Andover, VA. This train will pass through my home town of Bristol some time tomorrow on its way to its destination at ... (more)
NS V19 waits at the rear of 722 while its conductor walks the 94 car train in the snow.
Only 2 months old, NS 7702 battles rain and fog as a distributed power unit on loaded coal train 722 bound for Clover, VA. This unit has spent the past few weeks on NS 722 either leading or as a D... (more)
Empties going back to the mine.
The rear end DPU on this NS 722 push hard to get 100 loads of coal up the grade at MP 8.8 on the former Southern Ry. now NS A line.
The DPU's of NS 722 round the bend at the unprotected Pleasant Grove Road crossing.
Dedicated coal train will have power pushing also.
Dedicated coal train, after crew change, departing eastbound.
Fairly rare to Bristol, loaded coal train NS 722 with 2 GEVO's on the head end and 2 GEVO helpers on the rear sit idle while the crew does a brake test prior to departure.