Southern's leased (from the Kentucky Railway Museum) ex-C&O Kanawha 2716 blasts a column of smoke worthy of Mount Vesuvius as she works up the 1.7 percent grade from Natural Tunnel to Sunbright. I... (more)

Sunbright living up to its name on this beautiful afternoon on the first day of march, as this westbound trackage rights train makes its way over the Appalachia District.

A combination of 4-axle and 6-axle power shoves NS 720 over Horton's Summit through Sunbright, Virginia.

Veteran NS (and Southern) engineer Richard Duncan brings a loaded Georgia Power coal train up the hill and through the reverse curves at Sunbright with four engines on the head end and two on the ... (more)

CSX loaded coal train U352 is down to a crawl climbing the hill and is seen here passing the rural Horton's Summit Church at Sunbright, VA

CSX 534 leads the N382 eastbound through a winter wonderland scene at Sunbright, VA on the NS Appalachia Division (via trackage rights).

NS 707 westbound coming around the reverse curve at Sunbright with a UP AC4400CW leading.

NS F18 isn't exactly traveling at fighter jet speed, but it's a cool train anyway. Six covered hoppers are in front followed by a mix of coal loads, Southern Big John covered hoppers and more coa... (more)

NS 9254 leads the 721 westbound across Bootleg Trestle

NS 712 cresting the hill at Sunbright...this is one of the CSX trackage rights detour trains as a result of the CRR MofW blitz this week.

Round the curve and up the hill goes the solid GE set. This train is pulling for all its worth...no helpers on the end.

The curve provides a good view of the motive power on 78G.