The pushers on westbound Q317 pass the tower at Viaduct Junction in Cumberland. The two tracks to the left are the ex-B&O's old main line to the west.
Light helpers catch the last rays of sun as they roll westbound through Flat Top Yard against a background of blazing fall colors.
Eastbound 656 rolls through Flat Top Yard.
An eastbound mixed freight splits the signals at NA, located between Mance and Philson, as the train stretches out along the contour of the mountain side.
NS 857 arrives at Flat Top Yard with 139 loads.
NS 128 slowly climbs the east side of the grade in Bluefield Yard.
A CSX coal train rolls onto NS via trackage rights at Big Stone Gap.
A cab waits on ex-L&N trackage at Appalachia. The ex-L&N track extends to the Paragon loader near Kelly View. When shoving a train of empties to the loader, the cab is utilized for the reverse mov... (more)
A carman inspects an eastbound coal train as it awaits departure from Bluefield Yard.
NS 720 assembles a unit train as it pulls the first cut of Silversides out of the storage tracks located between Appalachia and Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Note that the mid-train radio control car a... (more)
The helpers work hard on a westbound ballast train at Fairhope, Pa.
An eastbound coal drag leaves Bluefield with rebuilt "Top Gon" hoppers.
Eastbound Q384 (left) cautiously rolls down Sand Patch's east slope while a trailer train climbs westbound. The location is a few hundred yards west of the road crossing at Fairhope.
Westbound Q353 follows Wills Creek as it grinds upgrade through Fairhope, Pa.
Northbound M72 approaches the Worley Road overpass in Greenville.