On a perfect afternoon in West Virginia, a NS veteran leads U31 past one of the few surviving Virginian Searchlight Signals at Itmann.

On a slightly overcast morning on Christiansburg Mountain, A NS Veteran leads westbound empty coal drag upgrade through Shawsville.

On a warm summer day in East Tennessee, NS 16T works across the Holston River Bridge in Bluff City, TN on the Knoxville East End District.

On a warm morning in Southwest Virginia, U72 sits idle in Weller Yard near Grundy, VA for a crew to head up the mountain towards Ought One.

As the rain starts to let up, and the fog starts to settle in the valley, NS Weller Pusher Set J86 shoves a loaded U72 across the bridge in Hurely on the Buchanan Branch.

Struggling and squealing upgrade in the pouring rain, a pair of GE's lug U72 upgrade, while slipping on the grade on the fomer N&W Buchanan Branch.

After leading a train down from Deepwater earlier in the morning, Norfolk Southern's Nickel Plate Road Heritage Unit leads U31 past a Virginian Railway signal near Itmann, WV.

After making its way down from Deepwater via the former Virginian, 6 engines (3 on each end) grind away with half of a loaded coal train bound for Princeton and points beyond. This train will tie ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Wabash and Southern Heritage Units lead 201 up to the stop signal at Crockett for a meet with 29W and 202.

On a hot sunny day in Virginia, the Wabash and Southern Heritage Units lead westbound 201 across the New River in Radford on the Pulaski District

As a heavy rain storm drenches the Pocahontas Region, NS J5J shoves hard on the rear of a loaded eastbound coal drag as it leans into the super elevated curve at Crozier on the Pokey.

As the sun starts to set in East Tennessee, Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania Heritage Unit waits for signal at Curtis, as the lead unit on Eastbound 201.

After turning on the wye at Devon, TVRM's Southern Consolidation 630 leads "The Tri County Mountaineer" out of the tunnel at Ought One on Norfolk Southern's Buchanan Branch during the last run of ... (more)

Just before the storm, NS 1030 leads westbound 22A through Johnson City, TN, and past the interchange with the East Tennessee Railway, whose Industrial spur is in the foreground.

The ex Norfolk and Western Big Prater Creek Branch was biuilt in 1977, and runs from Vansant Jct. to Deskins, to serve the Island Creek Coal Company's Pocahontas Loader, which was the sole purpose... (more)