In this late fall perspective, a pair of CSX GE's command southbound manifest Q696-29 past the classic Clinchfield Railroad signal at Rock Creek, just north of Erwin, Tennessee on the Kingsport Su... (more)

In absolutely beautiful morning sunlight deep in the hills of Southwest Virginia, the 73rd Annual Running of the Santa Clause Special crosses the McClure River at Clinchco, Virginia on it's way so... (more)

Working southbound across the former Clinchfield Viaduct in Boones Creek, Tennessee, CSXT 3124 leads a loaded DKPX train toward Erwin and points south.

NS U50 passes through Blackwood and the remnants of the Blackwood No. 1 tipple on the former Interstate Railroad.

Working westbound on the Appalachia District toward Big Stone Gap and points beyond, a pair of Gevos are at the helm of empty DKPX hopper train NS 741 as it passes through Gate City, Virginia.

On a perfect afternoon in West Virginia, a NS veteran leads U31 past one of the few surviving Virginian Searchlight Signals at Itmann.

A scene repeated many times, an eastbound coal train migrates across one of the multiple Virginian Railway trestles near Princeton.

On a sunny day, an eastbound coal drag splits the N&W CPL's at Ada.

Pulling out of Norton Yard eastbound for Carbo and the N&W, NS 745 is illuminated by some really nice storm light. This train is bound for the Dry Fork Branch to Williamson.

After leading a train down from Deepwater earlier in the morning, Norfolk Southern's Nickel Plate Road Heritage Unit leads U31 past a Virginian Railway signal near Itmann, WV.

Coming downgrade in full dynamics, U85 works eastbound toward Princeton and across the tallest trestle on the former Virginian Railway main line to Elmore, WV. In less than a week, this scene wil... (more)

On a beautiful January afternoon, Veteran Clinchfield Engineer Mike Hopson brings the northbound Erwin Turn into Kitzmiller Curve in Gray, Tennessee on the former Clinchfield Mainline between Elkh... (more)

On the left, NS U48 works upgrade out of Appalachia with an empty Duke Power train in tow as they continue toward Norton on the former Interstate Main. On the right, U57 has just completed loadin... (more)

As the snow from Winter Storm Octavia begins to melt away, a pair of Gevo's Hustle northbound N380-21 through the community of Hannum, Tennessee just north of Erwin. This train will end up getting... (more)

Under a threatening September sky, a CEFX rent a wreck leads southbound K227 across the Clinchfield Viaduct at Boones Creek, Tennessee.