Southern 630 heads south through Trion with a "Summerville Steam Special".

Southern 630 passes under the Chickamauga Battlefield Bypass on her return trip to Chattanooga with a "Summerville Steam Special". One of the great things about these Summerville "turns" is the ab... (more)

Southern 630 puts on an impressive show as she blows through Noble on the former Central of Georgia with a “Summerville Steam Special”.

Southern 630 leads a Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum excursion south through Rossville on a spectacular fall morning. The classy 2-8-0 pulled the "Summerville Steam Special" from Chattanooga to S... (more)

NS V35 works around Salem with a classy looking former SOU SD40-2.

Leased power leads a high/wide move near Simpson, SC during the "troubled times" shortly after the Conrail split. NS and CSX were leasing just about anything they could get their hands on in those... (more)

NS 112 stops on Main Two between Porterfield and Singer, posing in perfect afternoon sunlight in this scene from April of 2000. Consist includes: NS 3536 (B32-8), CEFX 7093 (SD40-2), NS 2873 (GP38... (more)

The NS "class unit" for the former Conrail standard cab C40-8s leads a southbound coal train through Wirtz. NS 8300 received an early repaint, considering that Conrail had been gone less than a ye... (more)

A rack train heads north on the Winston line somewhere between Wright and Starkey with a sharp looking C36-7 leading.

Some spring color is starting to show in the mountains as an eastbound rolls through Singer on its way into Roanoke. This one is admittedly backlit, but I felt like the subject matter and location... (more)

I sure do miss these units, although they probably are not missed much by the NS Mechanical Department. Either way, they had a fierce appearance to them and it was always great catching them in ac... (more)

Empty hopper train LG1 (Kosmosdale to Madisonville) drops off the hill at Black Rock on its southward trip back to the coal mines. Today's consist includes PAL 3807 (GP38-2), PAL 2129 (GP40-2), PA... (more)

Local V74 backs into the siding at Blain (south end of Wirtz).

NS 202 heads north through Troutville as it begins its journey up the Shenandoah Valley.