The Operation Lifesaver, and Virginian Heritage locomotives pose inside Natural Tunnel, at a special event at the State Park hosted by NS.

The first six-motor units to operate on Southern's Appalachia Division--three SD24s and one new SD35--are westbound on this cab hop at Duffield, VA.

A westbound NS man eases downgrade into Duffield, VA on the Appalachia District. The long stick with a hook that's stuck inside the hand grab on the nose is used to tie down or release car hand br... (more)

Mty Hoppers Head North (timetable West) into Natural Tunnel.

With a nice looking set of similar power a southbound Electric Fuels unit train running on NS passes through the growing metropolis at the junction of US 23 and 58. I chased for hours.

An eastbound CSX coal train bound for Florida gets a clear signal past the intermediate at Duffield, VA. The green sign clearly marks this as ex-Southern Railway territory. CSX has trackage rights... (more)

Very late in the day, an eastbound unit coal train blasts through Duffield, VA behind a quartet of C&O SD50s. Actually, this is a CSXT train (and locomotive) by now, but the big unit on the point ... (more)

Helpers pound away on one of the tough grades on the sawtooth profile with a southbound coal train. Here they are running as an eastbound on NS trackage rights. They will rejoin CSX's former Clinc... (more)

A westbound empty unit coal train is rolling along toward West Virginia (by way of Norton, VA) through Duffield, VA.

Empties trundling back to the mine have just rounded the big curve and are heading up the hollow.

A westbound empty hopper train rolls by the old station site at Duffield, VA--the smallest incorporated town in the state. This is the bottom of a fairly short climb (eastbound) to Sunbright. In t... (more)

Southern First 256 of this particular day squeals around a nine degree curve at milepost 19.6T at Duffield. The train (including mid-train remotes) behind is stretched over a 1.6 percent grade. Th... (more)

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CSX AC4400's 365 and 486 have cut away from their helper assignment and are heading back to pick up another one, this is on NS trackage rights near Duffield, VA

The Virginian heritage unit, SD70ACe #1069, and Operation Lifesaver D940-CW #9256, took part in the first "Railroad Day" at Natural Tunnel State Park, Virginia. Here the duo poses at the north po... (more)