NS 722 heads East toward a meet with two Westbounds at Watkins. Only about 20 seconds after this shot, CSX Q696 came roaring over the Copper Creek Viaduct that looms overtop of this 722.

NS 722 , lead by a GE ES40DC sweeps through Harvey Eastbound towards Duffield.

NS 750 has just left CSX trackage and is about to switchback over to the NS mainline Eastbound.

NS 7592 leads this loaded coal train South over the NS Appalachia District.

NS 722 gets going after some problems before starting the first leg of its trip that will eventually end in Clover, VA via Bulls Gap and Bristol, TN.

NS 722 grinds upgrade through Duffield, VA.

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

Basking in the last rays of this beautiful days sunshine, NS 722 passes through Glenita just East of Natural Tunnel State Park.

NS 722 works hard upgrade with Appalachian Mountain coal at Irondale past one of Appalachia's other major resources, Timber, ready to be trucked to mill.

NS 722 rolls through the rolling river valley at Duffield before beginning the steep climb up towards Sunbright.

NS 722 begins it trip on Central Division rails after departing its origin at Andover, VA. This train will pass through my home town of Bristol some time tomorrow on its way to its destination at ... (more)

NS 9147 leads a trackage rights coal train back onto home rails at Frisco via the Southbound connection track.

After working all morning building their train at Frisco, NS T62 starts down the connection track towards Kingsport, exercising trackage rights on the CSX Kingsport Subdivision. Note the track bur... (more)

NS 7603 leads seven other NS GEs and westbound empty Georiga Power coal train 717 out of Natural Tunnel. more)

NS 78T gathers speed it will need to make the long grade up to Watkins with one unit, an EMD, shut down due to traction motor fire at Tito.