Nickel Plate Road 8100 leads NS 177 into the curve on the south end of Lexington Yard as the sun makes its first appearance into the afternoon sky

NS 142 glides down the mountain and through the curve at South Fork with the Wabash heritage unit leading

A former Seaboard Coast Line SD40-2 leads NS 60R by the old tobacco warehouses and the Southern searchlights at CP Fayette

High atop the mountain as the sounds of a GE and EMDs rumble a long and heavy NS 143 through the curves and up the long grade at Kings Mountain

A newly acquired SD40-2 leads NS 123 onto single track at Bowen

As Southern 630 and the New Royal Palm arrived in Danville for a quick layover, those who stayed around and waited were gifted a treat. NS 117 rolls under the Southern searchlights with the Lackaw... (more)

NS 264 rolls under the Southern searchlight bridges in Wilmore under a gloomy morning sky.

With a new crew on board, NS 890 departs Burnside as it crosses the Cumberland River Bridge on a gorgeous summer afternoon

With the pushers attached, CSX Q539 gets back underway as its splits the signals at Hazel Patch as it attacks Crooked Hill with 4 EMDs humming a beautiful winter tune

BLU T31 climbs the grade from Murphy Junction s it passes the former Southern Railway "Non-Automatic Approach Block" signal on its trip back toward Canton.

After bringing in several sets of loads from the yard in Asheville, BLU T31 starts to sort out the coal, wood chip, and tank cars for their customers in the yard in Canton. Once the loads of coal ... (more)

Four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2s lead BLU T31 through the dip at Enka on their way to Asheville

With the pusher attached, CSX T700-08 starts its attack on the grade as it pops out of Hickory Creek Tunnel #3 with 3 YN2 GEs leading.

After meeting X540, CSX T700 splits the L&N Searchlight signals at NE Jacksboro

Loaded coal train CSX T700-08 rolls down single track at Morley as it starts to slow down to get prepared for the pusher