Westbound autoracks roll past the school-mission at McCartys, New Mexico near the New Mexico-Arizona border.

A westbound intermodal exits Abo Canyon.

Q08 slowly rolls eastbound out of the Appalachia Yard Limit as it appraoches the Big Stone Gap signal. The track at the left is the CSX connector constructed in 1986 to allow CSX to utilize NS tra... (more)

An eastbound Yuma Turn (NS 607) rolls upgrade through East Stone Gap, Virginia. The loaded hoppers cross a trestle to the immediate rear and bend to the left through East Stone Gap in a semi-horse... (more)

An eastbound CSX unit train approaches the North Portal of Natural Tunnel via NS trackage rights. Stock Creek flows quietly to the left.

NS 720 grinds upgrade through the Troublesome Creek valley a short distance east of Speers Ferry.

A combination of 4-axle and 6-axle power shoves NS 720 over Horton's Summit through Sunbright, Virginia.

A rare passenger consist traversed NS's southwest Virginia rails in the fall of 1996 when LENOWISCO, the southwest Virginia planning commission, organized a shipper special. After greetings at Nat... (more)

An empty hopper train approaches the icicle draped tunnel at Harper, Virginia, immediately north of Big Stone Gap.

An empty CSX hopper train rolls westbound through Watkins on NS trackage rights.

A loaded NS unit train rolls eastbound past the signal at Glenita on a rainy and foggy last day of February. The rear of the train is exiting Natural Tunnel, the reason for the 15 mph speed restri... (more)

A loaded NS unit train #720 pauses at Roaring Branch while the pushers are coupled to the rear at Appalachia. The short bridge crosses the ex-L&N's Corbin-Norton Cumberland Valley line.

A southbound P&LE empty hopper train rolls through the tiny hamlet of East Monongahela on the P&LE's Monongahela Branch. The branch follows the Monongahela (Mon) River, located out of view to the ... (more)

A southbound freight in route to Riker Yard at Punxsutawney rolls through the lush Pennsylvania countryside 2-3 miles north of Dubois.