A light drizzle falls as U49 crosses the bridge over Powell River at MP IN13.83 on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Appalachia-Norton main line. The crew is returning to Andover Yard.

In an unusual move, NS U48 is shoving through Josephine to Norton. Conductor Mike Young (left) and brakeman (Johnny Cubine) ride the cabs back porch to protect the movement.

NS 713, an eastbound empty hopper train, rolls through "Josephine Bottom" on ex-Interstate Railroad rails amid a winter wonderland. The climb up Norton Hill into Norton begins at Josephi... (more)

Westbound U52 heads into the afternoon sun as it crosses the bridge over Powell River and Route 610 at Josephine. A few miles ahead at Blackwood, a crew change will occur and the train will then b... (more)

Westbound NS U53, led by Conrail 5415, rolls out of a canopy of trees into the sunlight at ex-Interstate Railroad MP 13, also designated as JANE in association with Track Warrant Control (TWC) dis... (more)

9151 leads a rebuilt SD60 and 95+ empty DKPX cars up grade and through a cut at Jane.

The Interstate Railroad's First Hill crew eases downgrade at milepost 13--Josephine, VA--with a unit coal train. The 90-car train of loaded Southern "Silversides" will go out early in th... (more)

A southbound 90-car unit coal train (with a two unit pusher behind the caboose) grinds upgrade through the community of Josephine on the former L&N Cumberland Valley Division main line to Norton, ... (more)

The Interstate Railroad's First Hill crew works upgrade with a drag of empty hoppers as it crosses Powell River at Josephine, VA.

This is one of my favorite L&N photos--taken by the late August Thieme. CV Division train 55--the overnight through freight from Corbin to Norton, VA--is blasting upgrade on the last three miles t... (more)

Five mixed EMD and Alco units head train 66 through a light snow en route to Corbin.

The first six-motor units to ever operate on the "south end" of the former Cumberland Valley Division drop downgrade with fast freight 66 to Corbin. A U25C is mated with two SD35s on the point. No... (more)

On a typical hot, muggy summer day, a southbound coal train on the former L&N climbs upgrade past the old interchange (with the Interstate Railroad) at Dorchester Junction. This trackage was last ... (more)

Southbound coal climbs upgrade through Josephine on a line that was closed less than four years after this scene.