Autumn sky on the Clinch Valley.

The last rays of sunlight on this November afternoon illuminate the empty coal train of NS 819 as it gets pulled through the 32nd street diamonds by an eight month old ES44AC.

Though the fate of coal trains is unknown, it is safe to say change is bound to come. Coal train 819 passes the endangered N&W Color Position Light signals (CPL's) as it heads West along the Pulas... (more)

Westbound empty coal drag NS 819 runs down the Pulaski District in Radford, Virginia, passing the soon to be no more steam era Norfolk & Western CPL signals at CP Plum Creek in the Virginian mount... (more)

Far From Home Just before the clouds broke loose bringing heavy rain over the region, the westbound 819 swaps crews and gets a clear signal out of the Bristol yard passing by the beautif... (more)

Empty coal train 819 charges west through Pulaski, Va on a beautiful fall afternoon with the CNJ Heritage SD70ACe second out.

A westbound empty coal train leaves Bluefield and begins its journey west along the Pocahontas Division as summer afternoon storms begin to roll in.

Work train 93W, with a GP 38-2 for power, is tucked into the short industrial siding as the westbound coal empties heads to Bulls Gap. Extensive track work, crossing and switch replacement is on-g... (more)

After spending a couple weeks as the power on 22A/23G, the Central of Georgia leads hopper train west to the coalfields of southwest Virginia.

On a perfect fall day the Wabash heritage unit is in the lead of NS 819 heading back to Bluefield, Wv.

At 5:49AM on a bitterly cold and windy morning, the Conrail heritage locomotive sits surrounded by a thin blanket of freshly fallen snow as it awaits a crew change in the lead of the 819. A former... (more)

NS 1070 leads an westbound hopper train into Bluefield Yard on the N&W coal conveyor known as the Christianburg District.

The Wabash heritage unit leads empties west on Main One at Elliston on a spectacular fall afternoon.

NS 819 streaks into the classic CPL's at Abingdon, VA as the last light of the day illuminates the scene.

After Appalachian Railfan captured SOU 8099 at this very location on its maiden run up the Appalachia District early this year, it is pictured returning again four months later on a hot summer day... (more)