After meeting a southbound at Green Mountain, CSX Q692 is in the hole at Poplar waiting for his southbound counterpart Q693 to depart Erwin.
The DPU of a Spartanburg bound coal drag streaks by a classic Clinchfield mast signal in a moonlit scene at Poplar, southbound on CSX's Blue Ridge Subdivision.
Southbound coal loads working through the Nolichucky Gorge near Poplar, NC.
Loaded coal train N128-09 meets merchandise train Q697-14 at Poplar NC
Fall is in full swing as a coal train exits the Nolichucky River george on the former Clinchfield line from Erwin TN to Spartenburg, SC.
Southbound coal loads behind C30-7 #7060 pass a northbound empty hopper train led by SD40-2 #8210 at Poplar, NC on the Blue Ridge Subdivision.
Two Seaboard-painted SD50s sandwich a Chessie GE U-boat on the point of a southbound coal train at Poplar, NC.
Crew members return waves as CSXT 228 passes on the main while CSXT 303 sits in the hole at Poplar.
CSXT 8086 leads a southbound MofW train into the siding at North Poplar as we sit on the mainline awaiting the final 10 miles worth of running to get to Erwin.
