Natural Tunnel... A place that has been on my shot list for years is Natural Tunnel. Located in Duffield, Virginia, this tunnel was mostly carved by Stock Creek. The railroad had to carve through ... (more)

People crowds around this basic ES44AC for the yearly Railroad Day event at Natural Tunnel State Park. The loco was stopped and no one was trespassing beyond bounds at the time.

A rock wall towers high over the rails of the old Southern in Natural Tunnel, providing the backdrop for a CSX Scrubber train out of Loyall, Ky as it winds its way toward Eastman in Kingsport, TN... (more)

Loads of coal for Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, TN exit the Earth at the south portal of Natural Tunnel near Duffield, Virginia shortly after daybreak on a muggy may morning. Someday I'll be loo... (more)

The silence and solitude of night in rural Appalachia is briefly disrupted as 79K exits the west portal of Natural Tunnel near Duffield, VA on May 22nd, 2019. Minutes later, the sounds of a mounta... (more)

Ninety loads of coal off the Cumberland Valley Subdivision for Eastman Chemical Company's coal gasification plant roll through Natural Tunnel on the former Southern Appalachia District on CSX trac... (more)

Empty coal bucket 799 exits the dark confines of Natural Tunnel and into the nearly foot of snow that fell a couple days earlier.

Two big GE's bring a long string of empty coal hoppers down grade through the giant rock formation at Natural Tunnel near Duffield, Virginia.

An empty coal train heading back to the mines in West Virginia, is seen concaving out of the wondrous marvel known as Natural Tunnel. The tunnel, which is 838 feet in length, was formed in the Ple... (more)

This NS 70ACe is just starting into dynamic braking as 707 descends the grade at NS milepost 21 of Horton's Summit just out of Duffield in the fall colors.

An aerial view of early morning at Copper Creek. CSX's running of The Santa Train will be extra special this year for the 75th Anniversary as Clinchfield Railroad 3632 (SD45) and 800 (F3) were res... (more)

Early morning at Copper Creek. CSX's running of The Santa Train will be extra special this year for the 75th Anniversary as Clinchfield Railroad 3632 (SD45) and 800 (F3) were restored in cooperati... (more)

Southern 6114 “south” emerges from Natural Tunnel (Va.) on Nov. 23, 1966.

The local out of Frisco Yard switches at Duffield, Va. The bridge crosses highway US 23.

Norfolk Southern SD40-2 #3571 leads a MOW train through Natural Tunnel State Park in southwestern Virginia. The train is emerging from the 850 foot long tunnel carved out from a creek over a milli... (more)