Climbing upgrade after stopping at Fremont, the 72nd Annual Santa Clause Special rumbles under the abandoned and virtually forgotten coal loader at Roaring Fork on its way to Dante.

Running north across the former Southern Trestle in AltaVista, N&W 611 works toward a stop in Lynchburg before returning home under her own power for the first time in over 20 years.

Southern Mikado 4501 puts on great show as it ducks under the Mary Street Bridge in Bristol, Virginia.

1990's or 2016? A four pack of Norfolk Southern standard cab locomotives lead northbound loaded coke train 686 across the Clinchfield Railroad's Copper Creek Viaduct on a picture perfect afternoo... (more)

Grinding upgrade with a southbound manifest in tow, a pair of CSX GE's wind and weave through Chestoa and the beginning of the Nolichucky Gorge just south of Erwin on the rails of the former Clinc... (more)

Almost to the end of its run (for today atleast), northbound P904-16 crosses the Clinchfield Bridge over the South Fork of the Holston River as it prepares to take the siding at SE Kingsport, and ... (more)

Climbing and weaving upgrade through the engineering marvel that is the "Loops" Norfolk and Western J Class 611, NS 8099 and NCTM 6133 exit Jarret's Tunnel on the westbound trip to Asheville. It ... (more)

Rebuilt by CSX's Huntington, WV Shops, CSX 4047 leads the 72nd running of the Santa Clause Special across the McClure River, adjacent from the Post Office in the small southwest Virginia town of C... (more)

Led by the familiar face of a recently repainted C40-9W, NS westbound empty unit coal train 762 curves through the small town of Matewan, West Virginia on the rails of the former N&W Pocahontas Di... (more)

During a light snowfall, a ragged pair of GE's knocks down the classic Clinchfield Railroad signal at the North End of Hannum Siding. This northbound has just met the E3789-13 on the main, and wi... (more)

Seen from the NS Appalachia District, a rebuilt SD40-3 leads the 71st annual Santa Train across the Copper Creek Viaduct en route to Kingsport, TN.

After making its way down from Deepwater via the former Virginian, 6 engines (3 on each end) grind away with half of a loaded coal train bound for Princeton and points beyond. This train will tie ... (more)

Grinding upgrade toward Affinity with 100 empty hoppers, a pair of NS motors emerge from the tunnel at Loop Creek Junction and continue across a small trestle. This is known as the "loops&qu... (more)

Engineer Hartman and Conductor Knadler bring the "North Reading Fast Freight" northbound on the former Reading main as they approach "CP Equilateral" in Tamaqua. RP's own Chris... (more)

Preparing for a meet at Kermit, CSX U355-18 runs southbound parallel to US 23 at Speers Ferry, Virginia, just before crossing over the NS Appalachia Division. To see a similar photograph by Ron Fl... (more)