Norfolk Southern train coal train U42 rolls east through the community of Glenita, Virginia.

A pair of CSX ES44ACs lead empty Eastman train E090 from Kingsport, TN through Natural Tunnel on its way to the loadout at Creech in Kentucky. Though traffic levels have significantly declined in ... (more)

CSX U722-10, running under trackage rights on NS’ Appalachia District as KL01, exits the West portal of Natural Tunnel with CSX 911, the Honoring First Responders unit, in the lead, with 110 emp... (more)

U41 emerges from the dark of Natural Tunnel and into a winter wonderland as it hauls empties back to Andover.

NS U41 is seen exiting Natural Tunnel with 80 empty hoppers for Andover. These hoppers are loaded at Dixianna just north of Norton for Eastman Chemical Company’s coal gasification plant in Kings... (more)

799 pops out of Natural Tunnel on a cool fall evening with an empty Birmingham coal train bound for Andover.

Two lite motors roaming in the Andover direction on The Appy in the small community of Glenita, Va on the outskirts of Natural Tunnel.

NS 799 exits Natural Tunnel with a pair of matching BNSF GE's leading an empty hopper train bound for Andover.

With a matching pair of YN2 GE's, T090 exits Natural Tunnel headed Eastbound for Kingsport via NS trackage rights.

The sun lights up Natural Tunnel as 45 loads of coal bound for Eastman in Kingsport heads south as a clean YN2 AC44 leads the train on the NS Appalachia District.

CSX U090, running as KT24 on trackage rights on NS' Appalachia District, exits the West portal of Natural Tunnel, reflecting into a still slightly murky Stock Creek.

After helping W584 from Loyall to Watkins, C201 is seen coming out of the north portal of Natural Tunnel at Glenita, Virginia.

An eastbound coal drag creeps through Natural Tunnel State Park. Brake and rail squeal fill the natural cut disturbing the solitude. We didn't mind in the least!

A westbound train of empties passes the iconic Red Stone Drive-In as it heads towards Natural Tunnel State Park. Earlier in the day these same engines brought a load of coal east.

Work train NS 930 is tied down in the siding at Glenita. In earlier years, the now inactive quarry in the background provided much of the ballast for the ex-Southern's Appalachia Division.