Empties trundling back to the mine have just rounded the big curve and are heading up the hollow.
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The Virginian heritage unit, SD70ACe #1069, and Operation Lifesaver D940-CW #9256, took part in the first "Railroad Day" at Natural Tunnel State Park, Virginia. Here the duo poses at the north po... (more)
Still the best locomotive ever run by NS steam program (IMHO). Here the train is westbound entering the siding for a meet. Why yes, I am on the lead locomotive of the train they are meeting, by ... (more)
Two CSX GE's (an AC44 and a C60) lead a southbound loaded coal train across Copper Creek Viaduct on a Spring morning.
Southbound NS coal train creeps through the 850ft Natural Tunnel.
Eastbound NS train 386 crosses U.S. Highway 23 at Duffield with the Reading heritage SD70ACe leading on its trek from Andover, VA to Knoxville, TN.
A single NS SD70ACe is working the T75 pusher on the rear of NS train 386 eastbound at Duffield, VA on NS' Appalachia District.
Under the dark and rainy skies of a spring thunderstorm NS' Interstate heritage unit leads a westbound light engine move over the North Fork of the Clinch River.
The Andover-Frisco turn (NS 386) rolls eastbound into Duffield behind a unique mix of EMD power with the surrounding mountains quickly greening up after a mild winter. more)
A westbound CSX empty hopper train running on NS trackage rights at Duffield, Virginia blends in perfectly with the blazing fall foliage.
A Southern Railway SD24 leads an empty coal train north (railroad west) over US 23.
A Southern SD24 rides high on a timber trestle just south of Duffield, Virginia. The trestle transitions to steel as it crosses US Route 23, just a 2-lane at the time. (For a color view and an alt... (more)
A loaded CSX Electric Fuels unit train, utilizing NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap and Frisco, rolls past MP18 approaching Duffield, Virginia.
A worktrain laying ribbon rail prepares to head toward Big Stone Gap, with work done for the day.