Switching in the cold and buisy yard at Kingsport.

The sander kicks in as NS V19 spots a load of steel at Holston Steel.

NS 11R exits the Rappahannock River bridge between Remington and Culpeper, VA

I think the little girl in pink has Santa's attention.

NS 22A passes the old Pratt's Texaco on the S. Fork of the Holston River Bridge at Bluff City.

CSX E325 crosses US Hwy 23 at Duffield on NS' Appalachia District rails.

CSX Q696 rumbles across the Copper Creek Viaduct only seconds after the head end of NS 722 crossed the lower NS trestle. more)

It's been many years since this sign has coaxed a long, long, short, long horn blast from a train of empty coal cars heading back to the coal fields via the Bristol to Gate City route. For info on... (more)

Mixed freight NS 15T takes a little ride through the country side at Piney Flats.

CSXT 8506 leads NS 25N through beautiful farm land near Bluff City, TN. I imagine there would be plenty of buyers for the offer on the sign given the drought conditions in the Southeast US this su... (more)

Just seconds before CSX Q696 arrives on the the much higher CSX viaduct, NS 722 crosses over the little trestle at Copper Creek.

Christmas "Southern" style.

My Daughter greets the CSX Santa Train as it rides through Osborne's Curve near Dungannon,Va.

Partially restored, former Southern bay window caboose X732 sits on the last remaining rails of the abandoned Southern RR route between Bristol and Elizabethton, TN

Usually designated V40 in this area, NS V19 passes the old N&W Depot at Marion, VA.