The crew of this coal train is taking in the fall colors on a nice fall day. They might as well enjoy the show as the grade to Bluefield will keep the speed down to a leisurely pace.
A trio of GEs lead a north (west) bound train through the big curve at Mullen Ridge.
NS 890 creeps around a curve at Poplar preparing to stop to allow it's pushers to cut off and return to Knoxville.
NS 890 coming off of the CSX connection track at Frisco with SD70M 2622 leading the way. Weather forecasters were predicting "less than an inch" of snow....we ended up with anywhere from 3 to 5 in... (more)
NS 890 makes it way south on former Clinchfield Rails (above) as the NS line to Andover, VA. is shown below.
Loaded coal train 890 crests Erlanger Hill and eases to a stop at a red signal.
NS 890 drifts downhill pass Ring Coal Company in Blackwood, VA
NS 890, being rerouted via Norton from St. Paul, VA to Frisco, TN on account of CSX MofW snakes through the yard in Norton, VA.
