The final remains of the fall color season for this year are visibile at this grade crossing at Russelville, TN as westbound NS train 359 gains speed after turning the hill at Whitesburg.
NS 112 westbound on the mainline at Greeneville lead by 'GEVO' ES40DC #7509 passing the tied down local power as it makes its trek to Knoxville and points west.
N114 working southbound at Warrior Drive on a crisp Fall afternoon.
CSX N114 rolling southbound on the mainline at Kingsport behind CSXT 4844 / UP 5695 / UP 5696...Thanks for the heads up on this one BP!
CSX SD70ACe 4844 leads a pair of UP 'GEVO' units on a southbound loaded coal train as it crosses the Holston River just north of Kingsport, TN.
A crisp November morning finds a CSX work train tied down in the spur track at Toecane powered by B30-7 #5569.
CSX Q696's head end has just exited Holston Tunnel (the Clinchfield's shortest) and is about to start across the Holston River Bridge with the late-morning sunlight catching the nose of the lead u... (more)
One of the few remaining SD45-2s on CSX's roster pokes its nose out from behind the diesel shop building at Erwin, TN on a chilly November night. This unit has spent many hours hauling coal and fr... (more)
Eastbound NS Q50 rolling across Speedwell Road in the rural communit of Otes, just east of Bulls Gap, TN.
A pair of SD70MACs led by brand new #4812 lead an eastbound loaded CSX coal train at Marcem on a cool, late fall morning.
With less than 5,000 miles under its belt (4977 to be exact), new SD70MAC 4802 leads the Q696 southbound on the mainline at Kingsport.
The gas pumps at McGee's Grocery are dormant on this Sunday morning as the westbound Frisco local rolls by on the mainline.
NS loaded coal train 72Q using trackage rights on the CSX Kingsport Sub as it rolls southbound across the Copper Creek Viaduct with the Clinch River in the foreground.
CSX southbound loaded coal train N104 rounds the sweeping curve at milepost 68 just north of Starnes siding with the last of the fall colors standing out in the background.
CSXT's Business Train is utilizing trackage rights on the NS Appalachia District as it rolls eastbound past the signals at Furnace Dip on a gloomy fall day. The train is operating today between Co... (more)
CSX 4750 leads an extra north empty hopper train through the rural countryside at Fort Blackmore, VA on a peaceful Sunday morning. Remnants of the early morning fog can still be seen laying in the... (more)
A former Santa Fe Warbonnet, now wearing a somewhat clean coat of Heritage II paint, leads a westbound set of light pusher engines past the rural scene at Glenita, VA.
A matched pair of former SOU high-hood GP38-2s lead a short eastbound work train through Duffield in the late evening [630pm] sunlight.
A pair of CRIX leasers leading a NS SD40-2 on eastbound ballast train 91T at Glenita, VA on a goregous September afternoon.
A pair of former UP SD60s (now lease units from CRIX) leads a westbound loaded ballast train across the Clinch River at Clinchport on a sunny Sunday afternoon
The busy intersection of Buffalo and Main Street in downtown Johnson City is quiet this Sunday morning as eastbound NS stack train 236 splits downtown with its passing.
NS 807 rolls westbound across the Clinch River at Clinchport, VA behind a pair of BNSF Dash 9s.
The quartet of SD40-2s on NS Q8T are starting to wind out in dynamics after picking up an approach signal at Stony Point in advance of a 3-way meet ahead at Hawkins.
The Saturday afternoon peace and quiet at the Prospect Methodist Church is broken by a quartet of SD40-2s as they roll an eastbound NS loaded coal train through Yuma.
CSX pusher engines C200 have cut off from the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train at Watkins and are heading back west toward Big Stone Gap (and eventually Loyall, KY).
A pair of CSX dash 8s lead a westbound rack train through the streets of Lawrenceburg, IN just west of Cincinnati.
The "Bull Run" train is departing out of the yard (right) with a N258 charging south off of the mainline at 20th Street. Just south of the bridge where this photo was taken, the N258 overtakes the... (more)
NS 891 rolling westbound by the west end of the Frisco Yard on a clear August morning.
NS 712 is utilizing CSX trackage rights between St. Paul and Frisco as it rolls southbound on the CSX KP sub across the Copper Creek Viaduct. Oblivious to the passing train, a local farmer has jus... (more)
BNSF 9528 leads the eastbound "C-train" (782) by the signals at Marceum.
Summer hay season is in full force as seen here at Wildcat with an eastbound NS coal train drifting downhill toward Duffield on a muggy August evening.
Freshly repainted NS 8388 leads a westbound empty hopper train into the siding at Boone with an eastbound work train (97Z) sitting on the mainline, less than an hour from going on the law.
A pair of SD40-2s led by "whiteface" #3402 leads eastbound rack train 277 by the AEP Glen Lyn Power Plant.
Four NS GEs roll a westbound empty coal/grain train across the Bluestone Branch at Coopers (Bramwell).
NS 751 westbound at Greenland behind a former CR SD50.
CSX 4774 and 530 are the pusher engines on an eastbound loaded coal train seen here crossing US Highway 23 at Speers Ferry.
CSX 4704 leads a westbound emtpy CSX hopper past the signals at Speers Ferry.
NS 7505 leads a sister GEVO unit and a EMD SD70M across the Copper Creek trestle at Clinchport, the CSX trestle stands overhead.
NS 708 drifts eastbound around the sweeping curve at Glenita as the late evening sun illuminates three of the newer NS locomotives on the fleet.
NS 79G westbound about to take the siding at Boone with a C39-8 (becoming rare) leading.
NS loaded coal train 72A sits on the mainline at Yuma with a caboose (shoving platform) on the rear as a westbound CSX detour train (R181) eases through the siding, illuminating the side of the co... (more)
NS GEVO ES40DCs 7505 and 7509 team with a UP SD70M to power the T76 pusher engines on the rear of train 784 at Duffield, VA. These new GE units have a unique sound, somewhat different than older G... (more)
CSX SD45-2 8972 sits along with GP38-2 2505 in the Kingsport Yard on a damp April evening. The 8972 has returned to home rails - she started life as a Clinchfield engine.
CSX 7130 leads an eastbound work train in the siding at Yuma on the NS Appalachia District (via trackage rights).
Former CR 3395 leads NS 787 westbound by the signal at Smith.
Clinchfield SD40 #3013 has returned to home rails in the form of CSX 4610 seen here tied down with a work train in the Waycross storage track on the CSX KP Sub. [Canon D60, ISO 200, 1:47 exposure ... (more)
A typical spring thunderstorm has passed through the area followed by enough rays of sunlight to create this rather bright rainbow over the Gate City area....just so happened I found a train too! ... (more)
CSX 4610 sits in the storage track at Waycross with a tied down work train as a southbound NS train passes (via trackage rights) on the mainline.
NS 9477 is the sole post on welded rail train 96T tied down in the yard at Yuma. While it may look like daytime this was shot at 11:45pm using existing light (Full Moon). [Canon D60, ISO 400, 1:15... (more)
NS T50 is running several hours late this Tuesday afternoon as it returns to Frisco after making a Duffield turn, seen here cross US Highway 23 in Weber City (Mocassin Gap).
CSX 710 leads an extra south by the north end of Rocky as it descends the famous Clinchfield "Loops"
CSX 537 south is in the siding at Thermal as CSX and UP power move an extra north empty hopper train by on the mainline at track speed.
CSX northbound pig train Q182 emerges from a tunnel of shadows and finds a nice patch of crisp evening light just south of the South End of Fordtown siding. The CN EMD is rare visitor to these par... (more)
TTI 5788 sits with sister GE's in the shop area at TTI's Paris, KY yard.
CSX 5118 leads an eastbound (geographically westbound) loaded coal train on the mainline at Yuma, VA. NS's resident Yuma shoving platform/caboose sits in the yard waiting its next move.
CSX Q14318 rolls south on the mainline at Wofford, KY with a colorful consist of power leading the way.
Brand new BNSF 5696 leads NS 78T westbound toward Knoxville as it works its way through downtown Morristown.
NS's Track Geometry Train, running as train symbol 99T, rolls eastbound at Duffield, VA on the Appalachia District in the late evening sun.
NS 6158 leads a westbound 785 through downtown Gate City. The two trailing units (SD50 and a SD40-2) have died and the lone SD40-2 is wound up keeping the 100 car empty train rolling.
NS 9113 leads the 22A westbound through a farm field in rural Greene Co., TN.
