A helper set has just cut off an eastbound coal train and is heading back to Andover while a westbound empty train waits to follow him.

A westbound empty coal train in the siding awaits a loaded eastbound counterpart.

One of the first beauties of spring here in the mountains are the colorful redbud bushes. Here they adorn a CSX trackage rights empty train waiting "in the hole".

Redbug time in Virginia is a favorite for railfanning. The little town of Honaker even has a redbug festival. Here a local is waiting to go west surrounding by the emerging wonders of spring.