After pushing one up the Grade, this pusher set heads back to Farm to repeat the job all over again.

The nearly full moon glows behind a set of cantilever CPLs along the Tug Fork river. Better shoot all you can as these are quickly disappearing from Vulcan to Panther.

Heading north to refuel from a tanker at Morley, helper engine C212 glides silently thru Hickory Creek tunnel.

10,000th rebody coal car according to the stencil. That's been many a Top Gon thru the shop years ago when the rebody program was active. It was good to hear recently that some won't be scrapped b... (more)

Push on the white square, pull on the white circle. There's coal to be loaded at the old Garcoal loadout, now operated by Mountainside Coal.

NS 759 hauling coal mtys emerges from Roderfield tunnel after the Bluefield dispather has cleared the tracks.

Showing the scars of time, an ex-Conrail unit does duty in the coalfields of Appalachia for NS.

NS coal drag makes its way thru Elmore Yard and cabooses used for mineruns, as it heads down the Gilbert Branch. Track to the upper right heads toward Princeton and the Hill at Clark Gap.

Up close study of a common rail weld. Even with ribbon rail, eventually a weld must be made and then ground smooth.

Dwarf signal where the Gilbert Branch turns off the Pocahontas main. A Luna moth has an attraction to the red lens for some reason!

In the dogdays of Summer, NS 76G has just finished loading the second cut of coal and will soon head south on the Jellico Branch to John Sevier Yard in Knoxville. A brakeman stands by, preparing t... (more)

Leaning sharply into the curve, NS 9957 is dwarfed by the huge coaling tower still standing at Farm.

An eastbound grain train passes under the old signals at Wharncliffe, while mtys destined for Bens Creek hold the center siding down. These old signals will probably be the next to be replaced aft... (more)

An oddity on the KD, container train W827 makes its way north with a solo engine. A total of 5174 feet long.

Having just exited Bandy Tunnel, the front half of 80A begins the descent to Cedar Bluff. Most of the unit train is still ascending a near 1.5 percent grade and hasn't entered the portal yet.