The CSX southbound freight with tier 4 power exits the 2nd of the twin tunnels at Hill Station and starts the steady climb upgrade on a hot October day.Its great to have traffic traversing the Cli... (more)

Q696 exits Sykes Mill Tunnel Southbound on the run from Shelby to Kingsport

Q696 passes the Clinchfield-era doll arm signal at the South End of Boody. The track on the right is the connection track to go Eastbound on the NS Clinch Valley District, which hasn't been used f... (more)

A CSX coal train, running on NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap, Va. and Frisco, Tenn., approaches Tito, Va.

The "Spirit of America" No. 7812 pushes on the rear of southbound coal drag U302 at Elkhorn City.

A loaded CSX coal train, led by No. 7746, holds the main as an empty hopper train passes to the right on its return trip to eastern Kentucky. The engineers give a customary friendly wave as they m... (more)

A southbound CSX coal train passes by the site of Miller Yard, the former interchange location between the Interstate Railroad and the Clinchfield. The flat area to the left of the train was fille... (more)

A CSX coal train, exercising NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap, Va. and Frisco, Tenn., exits Stock Creek Gorge and splits the signals at Glenita, Va.

The helpers on a CSX coal drag, utilizing NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap, Va. and Frisco, Tenn., roll through Sunbright, Va.

Bound for the Wheelwright plant just a few miles south of here, 102 loads of coal head down the Bellwood approaching Goodes Street, leaving the Richmond skyline behind.

Light snow flurries fill the air as a southbound coal train rolls through the north end of Boody Yard approaching St. Paul, Va.

Winter storm Helena has left the Virginia countryside with a blanket of snow as loaded coal train T402 snakes along the James River Sub as it continues east towards Richmond.

Only the 2nd recorded Tier 4 CSX locomotive to show up at the Hagan Switchback with the other being in 2015, this 3286 leads the Brice NC bound stone train into the switchback at dusk on a hot sum... (more)

An eastbound CSX coal train passes the signals at milepost 127 east of Harvey, Virginia, on May 12, 2014.