Seen through Clinchfield’s 412’ long Caney Fork Tunnel, C365-08 works south through McClure Junction with 110 loads from Spurlock for Cayce, Sc.

Beind freshly rebuilt CSXT 4711, loaded SCE&G coal train C365-08 (Spurlock - Middleton) banks around the 10 degree curve at Collco with 110 loads. Just south of Haysi, Va on the north bank of ... (more)

The 6pm steeple bell of the Mary Helen United Methodist Church echo’s through the holler as C821-24’s pair of CSX CW44AC’s “plug” flood load their second cut of TN Eastman bound black di... (more)

Hazard Shifter C840-24 creeps out of Hazard Tunnel and into the north end of the yard with a pair of YN2 CW44’s and loads from Blackhawk Mining’s Typo loadout for Charleston, Sc. The track... (more)

The 58 year old Bull Run Fossil Plant rests silently as CSXT 4540 leads E700-21 north along the Clinch River with 125 GALX coal empties from Plant Bowen in Stilesboro, Georgia. The TVA announc... (more)

NCDOT’s heritage painted F59PH # 1893 “The City of Burlington” lays over in downtown Charlotte, NC. *Taken off duty with permission.

With a lashup straight from the early 90’s, CSXT 8523 & 7735 bring empty phosphate train K811-15 through Poplar, Nc on a beautiful summer afternoon.

A matched pair of YN2 CW40-8’s thunder northbound up the loops with time freight Q697 as they split the Clinchfield US&S P-5 intermediates at Big John’s in Ashford, North Carolina with tonnage... (more)

Splitting the US&S signals at S.E. Rocky, engineer Ian Stokes is at the throttle of CSXT 4526 extra north as they climb the famed Clinchfield loops toward the Eastern Continental Divide at Altapas... (more)

After a near perfect meet with empty train E343-25 (Middleton - Yellow Creek) up at Rocky, shiny CSXT 7600 brings C312-25 (Gibson - Brice) south through the CRR intermediates at Avery with 107 loa... (more)

“Start Em’ Young” Alongside the former Clinchfield, my wife Kristin and son Wesley enjoy the scenery as veteran engineer Tim Bragg brings his C312-25 south through Glenwood, Nc with 15,19... (more)

With loaded coal train T126-11 on the drawbar, CSXT 108 West ducks under the timeless C&O R2 equipped signal bridge at “Bobbs” on the Big Sandy. This export train for Newport News loaded at Be... (more)

L&N’s Baxter Tower witnesses yet another mine run heading for a Harlan County tipple; this time it’s R613-30’s pair of CW44’s getting their 80 system empties for NRG moving again after lin... (more)

Headed lite to pull loads from Scott's Branch, Shelby Shifter R282-24 has just crested the 2% ruling grade at Clevinger Branch as they emerge from the east portal of Millers Creek Tunnel. Comp... (more)

CSXT 60 South grinds up the 1.44% grade through S.E. Elkhorn City with an at tonnage M693-15, entering the Breaks Interstate Gorge and digging in for the ruling southbound climb to Towers. The can... (more)