A clean CW44AC leads Russel-bound manifest Q652 by the Clinchfield signals at the South End of Kermit.

T342 rounds the curve out of Clinch Mountain Tunnel passing the signals at NE Kermit in early morning sunlight.

In a scene that doesn't happen much anymore a northbound empty hopper train meets southbound coal at this long siding lying between two steep mountain ridges. In another mile or so the former Cli... (more)

Although it arrived by train this little girl gets her gift via "air mail" at the Santa Trains 2012 stop at Kermit, Va.

As the southbound coal train that just met it recedes into this distance this single-unit empty man throttles up. The isolated Scott Co. hamlet will soon resume its usual somnabulance.

The 2008 Santa Train rolls past the end of northbound N370 after making a stop at Kermit.

P905 holds the main as this empty coal train waits as Santa has just finished throwing toys to the children of the Appalachian reigon and is now bound for Kingsport to anchor the Christmas Parade.

Shortly after sunrise, Q696 battles the heavy fog of the Appalachian Region. With an approach signal at S.E Kermit, following slowly behind NS 890. Nikon D80

Northbound empty coal train taking the siding at South Kermit, on its way to Shelby Ky. During a hazy late afternoon in August. Nikon D80

NS 9973 takes this train South utilizing trackage rights over the CSX KP Sub after a meet with CSX G985 at Kermit.

With CSX G985 in the hole at Kermit, NS trackage rights train Z585 has just exited the South portal of the Clinch Mountain Tunnel.

Shortly before midnight on a mild January evening northbound freight Q697 blurs by on the mainline at Kermit while a southbound loaded SCWX coal train holds the siding.

Train has exited tunnel through mountain in background.

The northbound leg of the 2006 CSX Santa Train rolls through Kermit behind CSX 8474, 9992 and 9998. The train moves from Kingsport to Shelby, KY each year on the Friday before Thanksgiving to posi... (more)

NS 750, operating via trackage rights on the CSX Kingsport Sub, has picked up a medium clear out of the siding at Kermit as the classic consist works to get the 105-car train up to speed.