Southern 4501 puts on a decent show as it pulls west to Ford to make a reverse move to pick up it's passengers for the day's excursion to Bulls Gap.

On the second day of 2015, a trio of Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2's assigned to T31 switch the paper plant in Canton, North Carolina before working eastbound to the NS interchange in Asheville.

Grinding upgrade on the former N&W, a horsehead GE leads eastbound coal drag 772 through the fog and between the iconic CPL's at Claren on the Pocahontas District.

A pair of YN2 CW44AC's lead U091-02 (TN Eastman Empties) north through "Baxter" and under one of the last L&N towers still standing. They would meet the C633-01 waiting to line out and ... (more)

After pulling some woodchip hoppers from the bottom, Blue Ridge Southern T31 begins cycling back through Canton Yard to pull up the yard office before departing for Asheville, North Carolina and N... (more)

Under a dreary southwest Virginia sky, three brand new GE ET44AC's make their first run up the Appalachia District with an empty Duke Power coal train in tow, seen here running up the valley towar... (more)

Shortly after the 72nd Annual Santa Clause Special comes to a stop at Berta Junction, the children of the community of Haysi, Virginia gather around the observation car, greeted by Santa Clause an... (more)

Deep in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, a trio of brand new GE ET44AC's lead a train of Duke Power empties out of Natural Tunnel on their way east toward Andover and Carbo, and eventually Shi... (more)

Surrounded by a sea of eager people waiting to see Santa, the 72nd Annual Santa Clause Special comes down into Fort Blackmore, Virginia led by a Huntington Rebuild.

Returning west on home rails, the N&W and NKP heritage units emerge from the Huger tunnels to push another train east up the Elkhorn Grade. Photo taken with permission.

In this early morning scene, CSX 5005 leads southbound G610-20 out of a tunnel in Haysi, Virginia, just having exited the Breaks Interstate Gorge. This grain train will make it to SE Delano befor... (more)

CSXT 4043 brings the 71st Annual Santa Train into Fort Blackmore, VA under the protection of one of the many safety crews.

Spanning the Clinch River a the main road, CSX 5005 is in command of a southbound grain train works upgrade on the former Clicnchfield, framed by the Riverside Grocery Store in downtown Clinchco, ... (more)

With a face only a mother could love, NS westbound local P87 negotiates the Southern Loops just west of Old Fort, North Carolina. This train will end up looping around and emerging from a rock cu... (more)

Grinding upgrade on the Pocahontas District, eastbound manifest 18M ducks under the N&W CPL at Langraff, WV on it's assault on the Elkhorn Grade. Photo taken with permission.