A CSX C30-7 leads three ex-Santa Fe units of the same model on a colorful eastbound coal drag, clawing along slowly on the 1.7 percent upgrade at Oreton. For a time in the early '90s, CSX leased a... (more)

One of the earlier variations of the yellow nose added to CSX's earlier dreadful "stealth" paint scheme fronts an eastbound coal train climbing the grade at Oreton, VA. This movement originated in... (more)

An eastbound coal train struggles upgrade at Oreton, VA behind three GEs (a C30-7, two U30Cs) and an EMD SD40-2. Exhausts on the GEs stand tall--and if you look toward the very rear of the train, ... (more)

Take a Ride on the Reading: The Reading NS heritage unit is on the point of Andover-Knoxville local number 386 as it climbs the grade toward Oreton.

The afternoon Belmont Unit Train works upgrade slowly just west of Oreton, VA. One would think the guy in the purple shirt is the engineer, but actually it's the head brakeman. The big SD is runni... (more)

An eastbound CSX unit coal train climbs upgrade toward Oreton amidst the last remnants of fall colors. The train is using NS trackage rights here--an arrangement that dates to the first test runs ... (more)

The two rear end pushers on this eastbound CSX unit coal train are still shoving over the top in a haze of exhaust smoke and dust from pulverized traction sand. This is the crest of the first of t... (more)

NS' Central of Georgia heritage engine #8101 leads NS train 386 eastbound as it tops the hill at Oreton, VA.

Three EMD four-axles are keeping the slack bunched on the rear of Second 256 this July afternoon in 1984. The rear unit--a GP35 riding on trade-in Alco trucks--carries two red flags, as well as il... (more)

Eastbound Andover-Knoxville train 386 crests the hill at Oreton with a short train behind a pair of ex-Southern high hood SD40-2s.

Under a canopy of coal smoke, Southern's ex-C&O Kanawha (2-8-4) rolls an eastbound ferry run during her short stint in excursion service. She's topping the hill here at Oreton, VA, en route to Kno... (more)

Working hard upgrade this train is headed for Appalachia, from which it would run two excursions to Norton the next day. East Tennesee Chapter NRHS hosted the trip on the 16th which featured seve... (more)

On the last westbound leg to the top of the grade at Oreton, this CSX empty hopper train encounters quite a bit of blowing snow.

An eastbound NS Yuma Turn mushes through some light snow as it drags a little more coal tonnage up the hill at Oreton.

An eastbound SMEX train reaches the summit of the hill at Oreton. The remnant of the old steam-era passing track is now used for bad order set-outs or maintenance of way equipment storage.