This is a Loyall to Benedict local empty unot coal train from here 799 will pull to the near the end of the track at the Scott Hollow Church the conductor will cut the cars and he will back them d... (more)
NS 745 sits in the siding between Jasper and Tito awaiting a meet with the 60 coal loads from the U40.
CSX 3041 rounds the curve near the newly constructed park in Stone Creek which is the sight of an old coal tipple once served by Southern Railway and L&N Railroad.
NS U 40 rolls very slowly down the steep grade, leaving a huge cloud of brake smoke, from the "divide" which is the top of the ridge splitting Lee and Wise Counties with 70 coal loads fr... (more)
NS u48 with coal loads from Wentz awaits a pusher crew so that the train may continue on with a patched UP/SP motor in the lead which is quiet unusual for Appalachia, VA.
NS 7016 a fresh new SD60E rebuild crosses the US Hwy 23 trestle in Duffield, VA
9827 passes a caboose sitting on the Paragon loading track which used to be the L&N Mainline until completion of the bridge in Big Stone Gap and a trackage rights agreement between NS and Chessie ... (more)
NS 9827 rounds thru the cut and curve at Jane on it's way back to be the head end power for 72A on the Black Mountain main.
Running Southern Style, 7008 comes to a slow stop near Appalachia running long hood forward with fresh loads from Pigeon Creek Processing in Wentz.
The U47 empty in route to Dixiana crosses the small trestle over top of the small and very short Guest River.
NS 8829 rounds the S-Curve near Dixiana in the middle no man's land. This U47 has 60 empties bound for the coal load out which will run on Monday as an Eastman Train to Kingsport, TN.
CSX 86 rounds the curve into Hubbard Springs witha backdrop of a small amount of fall foilage left.
CSXT 354 rounds the winding curves between Olinger and Strawberry Patch.
NS 387 Knoxville to Andover, VA is seen diverging from the Knoxville/Bristol Main onto the Appy district toward Frisco and Andover.
CSX 474 blasts by at track speed (35mph) at the 0CV 250.5
