NS 702 grinds upgrade through Oreton, Virginia.

Unit coal train NS 722 crosses Copper Creek en route to a coal hungry southeastern power plant. The Clinchfield's famed Copper Creek Viaduct towers above NS 722.

A loaded Westmoreland Coal dump train has just exited the ex-Southern's St. Charles Branch, reversed direction and begins its journey along ex-Southern and ex-Interstate rails en route to Wentz, V... (more)

A pair of westbound pushers, running on NS trackage rights, split the signals at East Stone Gap (MP 5) on their return trip to eastern Kentucky.

Westmoreland Coal's Dump Train backs towards the loadout at Holton. The top of the loading silo is barely evident in the center background.

A CSX unit coal train, running on NS trackage rights, is about to pass under Route 613 in East Stone Gap on its eastward journey.

Storm clouds approach as NS U52 rolls through lower Roda en route to the Roda tipple. U52 will place 22 yellow ball empties at Roda and pick up a similar number of loads.

A U36B and a mother (GP40-2 6472) - slug (2248) set have just uncoupled from an eastbound CSX coal train running on NS trackage rights. The trio awaits a signal to return light to Big Stone Gap wh... (more)

A brakeman checks his switch list at Carbo Yard in Carbo, Virginia.

A light rain and patchy fog cover the southwest Virginia area as a trio of SD50's in Seaboard System paint roll onto NS tracks at Big Stone Gap.

An eastbound CSX unit coal train, running on NS trackage rights, rolls under "Brosnan Bridge" at Sunbright.

A trio of C40-8W's roll upgrade across the bridge connecting CSX and NS in Big Stone Gap. In a few hundred yards, the crew will access NS via trackage rights for the trip to Frisco, Tennessee and ... (more)

NS U47 approaches Appalachia as it crosses the bridges over Powell River (background) and the ex-L&N's Appalachia-Norton CV main (foreground).

Westbound empties, NS 885, crosses the Clinch River at Artrip, Virginia

Westbound CSX pushers, running on NS trackage rights, wait in the short stub siding at Glenita as unit coal train NS 720 rolls by on the main line. In earlier years, the guarry in the background s... (more)