North of Pikeville, KY
CSX Q697 sits idle on the main in a full Kingsport yard and waits on a Southbound coal train to take the siding. The pipes overhead are from the Domtar Paper plant.
CSX 301 works just north of the Kingsport yard to build the rest of Q697 and head North
Two pairs of AC's meet at Toe River siding. 5122 is hard at work dragging loads toward the summit just ahead at Altapass while the conductor of 25-car-long Q697 steps out to inspect the opposing m... (more)
A very short Hamlet, NC to Russell, KY Q697 blasts out of Bird Ridge Tunnel as seen from above Lower Pine Tunnel on the former Clinchfield's very remote assault on the Blue Ridge known as the "Loo... (more)
CSX 451 waits in Toe River Siding for a coal drag to pass before taking its short 25 car consist north.
A Dash 9 leads two SD's through the old warehouse district along Seaboard Street at Graham. Ahead lie the Blue Ridge Sub and the train's destination of Erwin, TN.
NB freight departs Dante by idle MofW equipment
NB Freight is winding its way along Boody siding.
With the waters of the Clinch River flowing downstream in the foreground, CSX Q697 rolls northbound across the Copper Creek Viaduct at Clinchport.
Northbound Q697 rolls over Copper Creek Viaduct
Big CSX EMD's roar high above copper creek
