After a traction motor fire on a trailing HLCX lease unit was extinguished by the crew, this long loaded coal train struggles to tackle the stiff Appalachia District grades.

The sun decides to pop out during a snow shower as yesterday's 111 crew takes today's 22A West toward Knoxville.

NS 111 blows around some fresh snow as it rolls into Bristol after a long trip with the crew having only five minutes left when they pulled into the yard for a crew change.

NS V19 waits at the rear of 722 while its conductor walks the 94 car train in the snow.

NS 25N rolls by 111 with an ex Conrail SD60I on the point.

A short CSX S539-23 exits the South end of the Solway Tunnel through Knoxville, TN.

Only 2 months old, NS 7702 battles rain and fog as a distributed power unit on loaded coal train 722 bound for Clover, VA. This unit has spent the past few weeks on NS 722 either leading or as a D... (more)

NS Q22 finally gets moving again after being held off crossings for an hour and a half waiting to get in the yard for a crew change.

New GEVO 7701 and an ex LMS Dash 8 have shoved these loaded CEFX hoppers over a hill working in DPU mode

NS 7701 shoves hard on 100 loads of coal to get this train up the grade into Bristol on the A line.

Brand new ES40DC 7701 is in DPU duty on NS Q22 through Bristol.

Formerly CR 6849, now NS 6706 is on the point of empty hopper train 723 that will shortly transfer over from the Pulaski District to the Knoxville District and finally will do the last leg of its ... (more)

NS 9680 passes by the site of an O. Winston Link photo from 1957 at Seven Mile Ford. The house in his photo no longer stands today.

15T has just passed under US 11 at Marion and is about to knock down the signals at Shuleen on it's way into Bristol where the crew will board a PTI taxi and deadhead back to Roanoke.

NS 15T coasts through Abingdon under a beautiful February sky.