Four fairly new GE C40-8s in the very forgettable "stealth" paint scheme are westbound on NS trackage rights at Sunbright, VA in 1989.

NS SD60M #6768 leads a westbound empty hopper train around the tight curve at Sunbright, VA and in front of the now dormant Horton Summit Church. The grey equipment seen on top of the cab is the n... (more)

NS 387 climbs Horton Summit, on its way to Andover.

An empty hopper train snakes over Bootleg Trestle, in Sunbright after sunset. Nikon D700, Nikon 24-70 f/2.8

Three days after Christmas 2007, a westbound NS hopper train climbs upgrade from Natural Tunnel to Sunbright on a rainy and gloomy day in southwestern Virginia.

Back in the days when cabooses were still common--and occupied by a flagman and a conductor--this eastbound Southern Yuma Turn is dropping downgrade between Sunbright and Natural Tunnel. This fill... (more)

Late in the steam era on Southern Railway, Ls-2 simple 2-8-8-2 4050 works the Bristol local upgrade just west of the crossing at Sunbright, VA. The grade is nearly two percent at this point. Both ... (more)

Westbound Appalachia District train 387 (Knoxville-Andover) is led by heritage units 1068/1067/8104/8098/8099 (Erie, Reading, LV, Conrail, Southern). After passing through Natural Tunnel about a m... (more)

A westbound NS empty hopper train crosses "Bootleg" trestle, between Natural Tunnel and Sunbright, VA after a fairly heavy snowfall. This shot won Second Place in the 1997 photo contest in Trains ... (more)

Early Norfolk Southern: Three month-old SD50s are pulling the Krannert (GA) unit train across the top at Sunbright, VA. Two SD40-2s are shoving on the rear as far as Danl'boone, VA, where they'll ... (more)

The Norfolk Southern-original-heritage unit, NS 8114, crosses Bootleg Trestle en route from Knoxville to Andover with a mixed freight.

Southern's leased (from the Kentucky Railway Museum) ex-C&O Kanawha 2716 blasts a column of smoke worthy of Mount Vesuvius as she works up the 1.7 percent grade from Natural Tunnel to Sunbright. I... (more)

Eastbound coal drops down 1.7 percent grade toward Natural Tunnel. The combination steel and timber trestle here was known as "Bootleg"---named for an establishment that dispensed illegal liquor b... (more)

A westbound empty hopper train is drawn by four EMDs still in Family Lines paint. The fourth unit appears to have some problems, though, as the conductor is taking a look under the hood.

Sunbright living up to its name on this beautiful afternoon on the first day of march, as this westbound trackage rights train makes its way over the Appalachia District.