A single Tier 4 GEVO leads M653 under the NS Asheville District at Clinchcross on their way south on the former Clinchfield.
T59 switches cars on the Hazelwood siding in the early morning with a trio of ex-D&H GP39-2s, with the Smoky Mountains providing a backdrop.
P87 is just about finished with their round trip to Bridgewater as they arrive back in Asheville.
P87 prepares to climb the Loops with a train of hoppers and woodchip gons in tow.
After traversing the Loops, P87 winds into Old Fort with a train of empty chips for Bridgewater.
The NS chip local approaches Black Mountain just after sunrise.
M893 slows for a meet at Dante as they pass a church in town.
M893 pops out of Sykes Mill Tunnel as they head down the former Clinchfield with an SD70MAC rebuild leading.
R240 returns to Shelby from Martin with a pair of GEs lite power.
740 arrives in Williamson with a fresh C6M on the point.
A North Carolina bound coal train crosses Pigeon Creek in Naugatuck.
Greensboro, NC bound 118 rounds the curve at Kermit with a pair of UP GEs up front.
Passing under the C&O signal bridge at Bobbs, which was recently reduced from two tracks to one.
M652 passes the C&O cantilever signal at OX Cabin on a cool morning in eastern Kentucky.
A loaded coal train rounds one of the many curves on the Ohio River Sub.