An empty Dump Train splits the crossing signals at Imboden en route to Holton for reloading.

Standing at the Glencoe road crossing, it was a race between the rapidly setting sun and the advancing shadows to my back versus the arrival of westbound freight Q353. Fortunately, I had an 80-200... (more)

NS U53 has come to a stop, and also the end of the ex-Interstate Railroad's Roda Branch, just above the switch to the empty tracks at the Roda loader. Brakeman Harold Yearwood throws the switch as... (more)

An empty Dump Train crosses Callahan Creek on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Andover-Stonega main line. The loaded consist rolls into the scene en route to Wentz for unloading.

Three six-axle units lead eastbound coal loads, NS 873, through the Tazewell area. Three additional six-axle units shove on the rear.

Conductor Mike Young keeps a lookout from the back porch of the cab as NS U47 rolls through Kent Junction on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch. U47 is destined to the Roaring Fork loader,... (more)

A St. Charles based crew working out of Andover Yard (U56 or U57) loads a unit train at the Paragon load out on the ex-L&N's CV main at Kelly View. (The image was taken with the crews permission d... (more)

Engineer David Hylton, along with conductor John Parsons and brakeman Dennis Barnette, eases NS U49 to a stop at Kent Junction (Pardee Branch) as he awaits orders to proceed onto the ex-Interstate... (more)

NS U57, a St. Charles crew based out of the ex-Interstate Railroad's Andover Yard, has just begun loading at the Paragon load out at Kelly View. In earlier years, this track was part of the ex-L&N... (more)

Engineer Ray Thomas, occupying the right seat of NS 2575, slowly maneuvers U47 and its empties along the ex-IRR's Appalachia-Norton main and by the wye at Kent Junction. Once the rear of U47 clear... (more)

NS U48 sports a trio of visiting BNSF units as it loads at Cumberland River Coal's facility at Whitfield, located about a mile south of Pardee, on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch.

Although the weather was gray and dreary, the conductor on NS 607 was quite happy and cheery and in the Christmas spirit dressed as Santa on the run. NS 607 was almost to Roaring Branch between Ap... (more)

In late fall each year, Mother Nature decorates the mountains surrounding Kent Junction by a spectacular display of rust colored oak trees. Engineer C. R. Thomas will make a turn to the right, exi... (more)

A fast moving weather front through the southwest Virginia area produced high winds and driving rain and resulted in a 20-25 degree temperature drop. Although the worst was over, a light rain cont... (more)

The freshly shopped cab on NS U50 rolls by the station designation "TOP" on ex-Interstate Railroad rails at Norton Yard. TOP designates the crest or top of the ex-IRR's uphill grind from... (more)