It's redbud time in Southwest Virginia and spring is springing out all over as southbound coal runs eastbound on NS by going west. Photo by Jim, aka Boxcar Jim, Satterwhite. From my collection.

It's a little scary out there high above the creek and the Southern line below as a East Tennessee NRHS steam-only excursion heads back south.

Easing down the steep grade which ends at the Clinch River and running on NS trackage rights an empty coal train has a former L&N unit in charge. That's my old Nissan Hardbody pickup under the br... (more)

CSX #981 rolling through the straight at Speers Ferry utilizing NS trackage rights in Westbound direction from Frisco. The visible structure to the right happens to be the pier for CSX's Kingsport... (more)

CSX's 82nd Annual Santa Train P001-23 heads South to Kingsport as they pass over Copper Creek Trestle in Speers Ferry, VA.

Southbound mixed freight M653 clings to the rocks on the side of the mountain at Speers Ferry after exiting the tunnel.

A former Southern unit is pushing a huge train of "silversides" up the grade that summits at "Big Cut", just short of the siding at Dan'l Boone, once the home of a small yard a... (more)

From our angle on the bank of the Copper Creek, we see CSX M652 cutting through the morning fog above as they roll across the Copper Creek Trestle in Speers Ferry, VA on the Kingsport Subdivision.... (more)

U40 splits the signals at Speers Ferry, VA on the NS Appalachia District.

Running long hood first at near track speed NS SD 60 leads a loaded coal train overtaking a second loaded train. Note straw plugging hole in side of the hopper in the grade crossing

Southbound CSX Q693-06 passes across the Copper Creek bridge on the Kingsport Sub, as the sun breaks through after an overnight snowfall

CSX K447 rolls south through Dungannon, Va, as dusk settles over rural southwest Va. Really stretching the limits of Full Frame here, but quite happy with the results.

Westbound Norfolk Southern train U41 crosses over US 23/58/421 at Speers Ferry, Virginia. The train's destination is the yard at Andover, Virginia.

A very late Q693 exits Tunnel No. 29 at Speers Ferry with a somewhat rare SD70MAC leading the 880ft. long train. It's sad that we've gotten to the point of getting excited to see a MAC leading but... (more)

As the harbingers of spring timidly peek out from their buds, a light drizzle falls from chilly clouds cloaking the steep ridges south of the former Southern as this westbound local descends the ... (more)