Short trains these days at Watkins Siding. But anything is better than nothing.
A pair of older CSX AC4400CWs still wearing their as-delivered YN2 paint scheme lead T090 cresting the hill coming up to CP Watkins.
A pair of YN2 CSX AC44s lead U090 West as they knock down the signal at CP Watkins on the NS Appalachia District.
U41 knocks down Watkins Signal with a short string of loads bound for Frisco.
At the last light of day, NS U40 rolls past Watkins as it makes its way towards Andover.
A pair of lite motors clear Watkins signal as they make their way towards Big Stone Gap after completing a crew change.
CSX U090, running as KT24 on trackage rights on NS' Appalachia District, passes through Watkins, as the sun rises and fog raises early on a September morning.
CSXT 86 has a clear signal at Watkins running Norfolk Southern trackage rights from Frisco to Big Stone Gap.
Looking positively irridescent this unit is returning empties to the coalfields.
An empty CSX hopper train rolls westbound through Watkins on NS trackage rights.
A Dash-9 and 2 SD60's glide along at track speed making short work of the 1.7 grade at Watkins, pulling loaded coal train 784. Nikon D80.
Breaking out of the fall shadows.
Loaded coal train 78T passes some color as it approaches Watkins on a beautiful fall morning.
The conductor of NS Q25 gets set for a roll by inspection of train 78T at Watkins.
