The helpers on a CSX coal drag, utilizing NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap, Va. and Frisco, Tenn., roll through Sunbright, Va.

A westbound train of empty hoppers exits Cooper Tunnel.

The Pitcairn Local passes through Larimer on its return trip from Radebaugh to Pitcairn.

NS U48 shoves empties along the ex-Interstate Railroad through Stonega for loading at Wentz, located about a mile to the rear. The remnants of the Stonega Bath House are in the right background. T... (more)

The Bailey Helpers return light to Bailey Mine to shove the next coal train along the Manor Branch.

Southbound empties destined for loading at Bailey Mine on the Manor Branch roll through Mather, Pa. behind CSX power.

Northbound coal loads approach Sycamore, Pa. on the ex-MGA's, now NS's, Manor Branch.

The Penn Central heritage unit leads a northbound coal train through Waynesburg on ex-MGA rails..

Eastbound mixed freight Q352 rounds the broad curve at Yoder, Pa.

The Pitcairn Local, C56, exits the cut at Ardara on its eastbound journey to Radebaugh.

NS's dump train rolls through Imboden en route to Wentz, Va., located on the ex-IRR, for unloading. In earlier years, the superintendent of the Imboden operations lived in the white house set high... (more)

WMSR 734 sends gray-black plumes of smoke into the air on a Carl Franz Photo Special. Compare to photo 626963 - do you prefer sun or overcast conditions?

A trio of locomotives, with GMTX SD60 9095 sandwiched in the middle, leads the eastbound "trash train" between Ardara and Larimer, Pa.

U53 has taken a right hand turn at RF Junction off the Pardee Branch and onto Pine Branch on ex-IRR rails. The crew is destined to the Roaring Fork loader located at the end of Pine Branch.

A pair of mother-slug sets and a GP38 in Chessie System paint shove on the rear of a CSX coal drag utilizing NS trackage rights near Speers Ferry, Va.