After coming off the Charlotte Sub and receiving a fresh crew at Bostic, CSX M652-14 brings 77 manifest cars north splitting the Big John intermediate set at the 202 milepost.

M652 heads through the Bremo Bluff derailment site with the "Pan-Am" Heritage unit leading. This was one of the few times I ran into a heritage unit leader on a nice day leading by acci... (more)

CSXT 1852, Western Maryland heritage unit, is frozen by an instantaneous burst of light as it passes under the signal at the west end of Big Sandy Junction. M652 departed Hinton, W.Va. about six h... (more)

CSX M652 passes the rock cuts at Moss Run with trees beginning to grow back from the double track upgrade they did years ago. The train was probably going less than 5 miles per hour, struggling up... (more)

CSX M652 exists the west portal of the Lewis Tunnel heading towards its destination in Hinton, WV. The Mid DP came out of the tunnel looking like a steam locomotive billowing lots of black smoke.

Covington Crawl: BNSF 4331 leads westbound manifest CSX M652 westbound along the CSX Alleghany Subdivision through Covington, Virginia.

Lyle Leap: BNSF 4331 leads westbound manifest train CSX M652 westbound along the CSX James River Subdivision out of the tunnel in Buttons Bluff, Virginia, and over the James River.

After making its way up the Clinchfield loops, CSX M652 wastes no time as it hustles its way to Kingsport, where it would recrew, and continue north to Kentucky.

CSX M652 pops out of the north portal of the Blue Ridge Tunnel with CSXT 815 leading, bringing a cool breeze to counter the scorching sun.

As the sun rises and the fog lifts, A short 1,900 ton CSX M652 Crawls north through the town of Spruce Pine NC, with a duo of Rebuilt SD70MAC's leading the way.

CSX’s freshly painted Conrail heritage unit leads northbound M652 across Boone’s Creek Trestle in Johnson City, TN. After many years of rumors and speculation, CSX is in the process of putting... (more)

Northbound CSX M652-05, with the CSX 3194, Honoring Law Enforcement engine in the lead, splits the signal at Chestoa, coming out of the Nolichucky River Gorge into Erwin.

Northbound CSX M652-05, with the CSX 3194, Honoring Law Enforcement engine in the lead, pops out of the tunnel at Kendricks, a few miles out of Kingsport.

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)