The South Boston based V23 local is put into pusher duty as they assist coal train 762 on the roller coaster terrain of the Durham District.
After stalling on their initial attempt, 762 crests one of the many hills on the Durham District at Cluster Springs.
762's DPU passes V23's power and the South Boston station. V23 would assist in shoving the train to the plant at Hyco.
762 comes off the Dan River bridge as the remaining leaves show off their fall colors on a cool day in southern Virginia.
Hyco bound train 762 approaches the Dan River as South Boston looms in the background.
A loaded coal train passes through South Boston with an ACe pair leading.
NS's Durham based P07 local brings a cut of coal through the forests above Chapel Hill on the J Line.
The J Line to Chapel Hill has a roller coaster profile, as illustrated by the P07 coming out of one of them on their way south.
P07 arrives in Chapel Hill with a cut of coal for the UNC power plant.
Amtrak 77 reenters NS trackage a Fetner with an F59PHI for power.
Amtrak Piedmont 77 hustles into Cary early into their trip to Charlotte.
ACWR bound grain leads pass through Lynchburg in the late afternoon with a pair of YN2 AC4400s.
A Fayetteville, NC bound grain train passes the abandoned ND Cabin, the tower which once guarded the C&O and N&W crossing in Lynchburg.
A former Rio Grande GP40 leads the Virginia Scenic Shenandoah Limited excursion west through Bells Valley with N&W 611 on the rear.
The Shenandoah Valley Limited works its way around North Mountain on Buckingham Branch's former C&O main.
