Eastbound stack train Q136 meets a westbound ballast train, W086, at Philson, Pa.

Q261, westbound autoracks, approach the crossover at Manilla, Pa.

NS 708 approaches Roaring Branch between Appalachia and Big Stone Gap, Va. Powell River and Business 23 parallel the NS right-of-way to the right and at a slightly lower elevation.

Triple Crown trailers on intermodal chassis's roll westbound at "W", located between Summerhill and Ehrenfeld.

The cab on NS U47 rolls across the bridge over the ex-L&N's Cumberland Valley line at Appalachia.

Mixed freight Q368 rounds the curve a short distance east of the Glade City crossing and approaches Keystone on its eastbound journey.

After meeting westbound empties (NS 585) at Tito, NS 608's pushers approach the signal at Tito as they assist 608 on its eastward journey on a rainy SW Virginia spring day.

Eastbound mixed freight Q358 snakes its way through the S curve at Mance with blazing fall foliage highlighted on the hill sides.

Eastbound coal loads have just passed the signal at NA, located between Mance and Philson, Pa. Wind turbine blades are evident above the ridge line.

It's a dreary, wet day in southwest Virginia as an empty hopper train rolls through Glenita, Va. enroute to the Appalachia area. Stock Creek Gorge and Natural Tunnel lie just ahead.

The Central of Georgia heritage unit leads NS 22W past the westbound signal on Track 98 approaching the Pitcairn Intermodal Terminal.

Conductor Mike Young (on ground) shows a brakeman trainee the finer points to uncoupling and securing a cab in the ex-Interstate Railroad's Norton Yard.

The helpers on eastbound 10G disappear into a snow enshrouded cut at Wegley, Pa.

Eastbound mixed freight 36A rolls through the Sheridan Terrace area of Irwin, Pa.

Westbound empty hopper train 585 rolls through Oreton approaching East Stone Gap, Va. on a drizzly, foggy SW Virginia early spring day. Note that in an apparent tribute to his favorite Nascar driv... (more)