Norfolk Southern Freight Train 167 heads south across the Green River Trestle in South Fork, KY.

Norfolk Southern Intermodal Train 29F roars south across the Green River Trestle in South Fork, KY. bound for Jacksonville, FL.

With the freshly repainted Virginian heritage unit leading, NS 29F grinds through the cut and up the grade at Kings Mountain as it heads south towards Chattanooga and Atlanta

With the freshly repainted Virginian heritage unit leading, NS 29F crosses the famed High Bridge as it heads towards Danville for a crew change before continuing south

A northbound single stack rounds the curve and is about to enter the most reconstructed portion of the CNO&TP. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

NS 29A crosses the Green River Trestle near South Fork as it starts the climb up the mountain

The things we see come and go. Note the Union Pacific road railer. This train is southbound. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

KD tower is the far distant right of the screen. This SB train has just entered single track which will continue to Revilo several miles south. For whatever reason NS has not double tracked this... (more)

It just don't look right. For various reasons having to due with signals, avoiding turning and union contracts for s few years lo nose units ran long hood forward and had their control panels on ... (more)

As if showing the newbies around, veteran ex N&W unit leads two new GP59s at the head of an intermodal train pulling the grade after crossing the Green River.

Just north of the little hamlet double track begins even to this day. Here a northbound ballast train roars by at this favorite site. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

A southbound merchandise train in the trench that replaced the "Rathole" tunnel that existed before. The photographer probably had his eye on one of the many "free" cedars for... (more)

Is it OK to call yourself a "pre ditch light" railfan? Just a thought. In any case, NS had two really rare models and here is one on a SB double stack train in the remote Bluegrass State country... (more)

After crossing the south fork of the Green River the CNO&TP began a major climb to this small hamlet. This used to require a narrow gassy tunnel. No more, thanks to a forward-thinking Southern R... (more)

A pair of NS rebuilds, one from Wabtec and one from Progress Rail, lead Norfolk Southern manifest freight 376 as it heads north over High Bridge, crossing over the Kentucky River in High Bridge, K... (more)