The 2011 CSX Santa Train eases into Dante, Va., greeted by a large and eager crowd awaiting their first glimpse of Santa Claus on the rear of the train.

Norfolk Southern's Virginian heritage engine shoves against a long string of empty hoppers as it push-pulls its train back to Wentz to flood load. The bright, although grimy, yellow livery contras... (more)

NS 8114 passes over Bootleg Trestle, just west of Natural Tunnel State Park.

Norfolk Southern's Interstate Railroad heritage unit passed under the CSX Kingsport Subdivision at Speers Ferry on its maiden revenue run. Young railfan Hunter Richardson shoots video of the scene... (more)

Foam on the water! Railfans take to the river to get a shot of the Santa Train crossing the curved bridge at Clinchco.

A typical fall morning in Appalachia finds westbound empties passing through the Pikeville Cut-Through. The Big Sandy River peacefully flows below the former C&O mainline.

An outbreak of arson-ignited forest fires burned for weeks in Eastern Kentucky in early spring and threatened lives and property, including this Myra Shifter. Wind-fueled flames up to 20 feet tall... (more)

An eastbound, one-unit-wonder manifest rolls through quiet Greenup, KY, and under a former C&O signal bridge, bound for the classification yard at Russell

Eastbound grain train G888 crosses the impressive Limeville Bridge over the Ohio River into Kentucky on the former C&O, approximately three hours after departing Columbus.

The Santa Train eases across Copper Creek bridge on its annual southbound run.

Following the annual maintenance jamboree on the former Clinchfield Railroad, CSX executives make an inspection run across the line. Their OCS is seen here crossing Copper Creek Viaduct behind 999... (more)

Southbound coal crosses Pool Point Bridge on a beautiful fall morning.

The morning fog still lingers over Copper Creek and the Clinch River as the peace and quiet of this July morning is interrupted by the passing of a northbound empty hopper train led by a single CW... (more)

A walk in the woods next to Deep Hollow Road allows for this wooded vantage point of SB manifest 143 as it passes throught cut number 3 on the Rathole with a former Conrail motor up front.

A trio of SD40-2's lead a westbound grain train into the setting sun with sanders blasting away at the West End of Shelby Yard on a warm September evening. A lashup like this anywhere on the Big ... (more)