A westbound train of empties passes the iconic Red Stone Drive-In as it heads towards Natural Tunnel State Park. Earlier in the day these same engines brought a load of coal east.
Work train NS 930 is tied down in the siding at Glenita. In earlier years, the now inactive quarry in the background provided much of the ballast for the ex-Southern's Appalachia Division.
A CSX coal train, exercising NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap, Va. and Frisco, Tenn., exits Stock Creek Gorge and splits the signals at Glenita, Va.
NS 607 rolls by the non-closed quarry at Glenita, Va. In earlier years, the quarry provided much of the ballast for the ex-Southern Railway's Appalachia Division.
It's a dreary, wet day in southwest Virginia as an empty hopper train rolls through Glenita, Va. enroute to the Appalachia area. Stock Creek Gorge and Natural Tunnel lie just ahead.
A pair of AC units lead CSX coal loads out of Stock Creek Gorge at Glenita on a gorgeous late fall day.
Westbound CSX pushers, running on NS trackage rights, wait in the short stub siding at Glenita as unit coal train NS 720 rolls by on the main line. In earlier years, the guarry in the background s... (more)
NS 78T exits Stock Creek Gorge and approaches Glenita; the Glenita signal is evident in the right background.
The pushers on CSX 7521 East, running on NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap, Virginia and Frisco, Tennessee, enter the west portal of Natural Tunnel. Tiny Stock Creek, evident to the right, ... (more)
Newly released NS 4005 and 4003 lead NS Train No. 745 westbound out of Natural Tunnel near Glenita, Virginia as it returns with empty coal hoppers after its first revenue run since leaving Juniata... (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)
The Duffield local today is being led long hood forward by a SD40 back to Frisco through the small community of Glenita
CSXT 120 leads its train by the signal at Glenita on NS trackage
NS 386 passes the Red Stone sign at Glenita, after just coming through Natural Tunnel.
NS 387 is running under track speed while preparing to go into the 15 MPH curve through Natural Tunnel.
