The original NS heritage unit blasts under the signal bridge at CP Boone after a stop to pick up cars at the yard in Yuma.

NS 77A westbound on the NS Appalachia District just west of Gate City with 'Southern' heritage #8099 catching the late afternoon rays of sunlight, less than 6 days out of the paint shop.

Less than a week out of the paint shop in Chattanooga, NS 'Southern' Heritage GE ES44AC #8099 leads empty coal train 77A westbound at Watkins siding on the former Southern Railway Appalachia Divis... (more)

A new 'boxcar' logo CSX GE leads a westbound empty hopper train through small community of Daniel Boone. In the steam era, a very active yard/wye was in place here (behind the engines in this fram... (more)

A new 'boxcar' logo CSX GE leads a westbound empty hopper train through Gate City on a beautiful late winter afternoon.

Pausing on the main at Watkins to allow a one unit pusher to dismount, a loaded coal drag will soon continue its trek along NS's scenic and mountainous Appalachia District.

A cool and rainy fall day finds a westbound empty CSX hopper train operating on NS trackage rights near Gate City, VA on its trek from Erwin, TN to Loyall, KY.

A pair of leased HLCX SD40-2s lead the eastbound Yuma Turn through Gate City on a damp autumn afternoon.

Catching a glimpse of the evening sun, a pair of DPU's assist a loaded coal drag toward Gate City.

An eastbound NS work train illuminates the scene as it finishes its climb up the grade into Watkins. A CSX trackage rights empty hopper train holds in the siding for its signal to head west after ... (more)

A trio of leased UP dash 8s lead eastbound local 396 near Gate City on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. NS currently has approximately 50 of these engines leased from UP.

The warm temps of April are beginning to green things up in the mountains of SW Virginia as a westbound NS empty hopper train rolls through Gate City enroute to Andover, VA.

Loaded eastbound coal train has just dropped its helper engines at Watkins and heads toward home rails at Frisco. Nikon D300, Nikon 24-70 f/2.8.

A loaded trackage rights coal train struggles up the grade at Watkins, where it will meet NS 703, and set off it's pusher engines.

NS's power shortage has made for a colorful fall on this portion of NS's Central Division in terms of all the leased power running around. Former BN SD40-2 7092 leads a westbound Frisco Turn into ... (more)