It was unusual, I think, to find a large number of coal hoppers on this train but today the faded Uceta rebuilds have quite a string on this departing WB train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my ... (more)

On the longest continuously straight track in America (horizontally that it is) an EB freight roars by the former Seaboard station, one of the nicest little ex-SAL brick stations anywhere. I am h... (more)

The two peeps assigned to the plant are easing around the big curve, bound for Emory Gap to pick up some coal. This was the site of the imfamous fly ash spill in 2008. They still use coal. I wo... (more)

After picking up a train of coal at Emory Gap two geeps of obscure heritage are approaching the plant. The first is obviously a 9 but has a door from a 7 under the cab. Photo by Jim Satterwhite... (more)

Out of the haze, a westbound helper set heads to Farm for another shove. On a good day a haze remained in the tunnel from lots of trains and if a little east wind was blowing in Coopers the ghost... (more)

The things we see come and go. Note the Union Pacific road railer. This train is southbound. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

An NS crew is cooling its heels while waiting for a light to enter CSX's former Clinchfield line to Frisco where it will regain NS trackage. NS abandoned the use of this connection. Coal traffic... (more)

An eastbound freight roars by. I think we drooled. Each of those white cars contained refrigerated, unpasteurized high gravity Coors beer going to northern Virginia to be watered down. Coors is... (more)

I think that fellow taking pictures was me. And it's cold as a westbound string of empty hoppers make their way out of the gloom. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

With a huge string of "silversides" gons shoving on the drawbar and howling dynamic brakes an EB (railroad wise) unit coal train is approaching Tito Siding. I always wonder what was on ... (more)

KD tower is the far distant right of the screen. This SB train has just entered single track which will continue to Revilo several miles south. For whatever reason NS has not double tracked this... (more)

It just don't look right. For various reasons having to due with signals, avoiding turning and union contracts for s few years lo nose units ran long hood forward and had their control panels on ... (more)

Amidst the fall foliage this train looks rather drab as it holds short of the junction with the Dry Fork line. It may use that line to reach Iaeger or it may proceed further west on the Clinch Va... (more)

Approximately at the VA/WV state line an SD50 is at the end of a string of power shoving on the rear of a large coal train. Interesting N&W had switched to short hood forward not long before the ... (more)

Helpers were usually added to trains at Farm or at Flat Top Yard, but the grade stiffened here and they really had to put "out their back into it" from here to the top of the grade in d... (more)