CSXT 341 passes thru one of the deep cuts and at the same time crosses over highway 621 which is another aspect that makes this mainline switchback unique.

NS 202 with the NS 8099 K Southern Railway Heritage Unit trailing rounds the curve out of Hawkins County, TN into Greene County, TN at Mosheim.

A set of pushers waits on one leg of the switchback as the loaded train works through the other side, then the pusher will squeeze onto track just in front of the loaded train and the loaded train... (more)

The T090-10 with 333 in the lead comes around the gradual curve by Powell Valley Cemetary in Dryden with a big old Chevy dually and a New Holland Roll-A-Bar 256 hay rake standing gaurd at the priv... (more)

NS 7283 leads a string of 100 coal loads up state route 606 from Benedict, VA.

The pusher power for U48 sits on the "serviced" side of the shop at Andover Yard.The U48 today is a Wentz to Norton coal train before assuming a new ID number at Norton to continue on to... (more)

The NS 8057 ES44AC is backing passed its first cut of loads with the 2nd cut of empties and heading toward Lone Mountain processing Coal Co. in Benedict, VA at dusk.

Right at the exact moment of this shot, conductor Barton was getting orders from Huntington Dispatch that they will be meeting a south bound loaded coal train at Hagan Switch Back, which I also ha... (more)

Conductor Larry May throws the switch to allow for a South movement for this pusher set to go to Pennington to push a loaded Benedict train back north to Corbin, KY.

C821-27 CSX 870 rounds the curve at Hubbard Springs pushing the T795-26 loaded coal train north to Hagan Switchback and then on to Loyall and Corbin, KY. and with the train traffic down to 2 or 3 ... (more)

A good day to cool if with most of downtown Pennington Gap as a backdrop as 725 awaits a new crew to take the big jagged out coal train to Loyall

CSXT 3041 backs thru the wye across the small creek from Bonny Blue in the small town of Saint Charles Virginia on NS trackage and from this point will back all the way to Kemmer Gem to drop 50 ca... (more)

NS 911 Honoring First Responders Unit clears the signal at Watkins

NS 9131 loads coal on jointed rail in the dark hollows of Benedict, VA at Lone Mountain Processing.

NS 7300 a patched UP 9043 brings a small cut of coal cars and 2 empty Ammonium Nitrate cars down to set out in the Big Stone yard for tomorrow's 386 to Bulls Gap.