With a temperature of 20, the 16T rolls through Meadowview, VA at track speed blowing any loose powder from the rail and creating a wind chill of around zero.

A well worn ex Conrail D8-40CW leads the 37Q, departing Bristol Yard, past the old passenger depot after setting out a cut of cars.

The 17M leaves Bluefield Yard with a D8-40CW still in Conrail paint, as the pair work hard to get the train up to speed.

After a two hour wait in Glade Spring on the V40 to switch cars in Abingdon and Glade Spring, The 25N gets underway towards Bristol heading into the sunset. (note the conductor sheilding the sun f... (more)

The J57 pushes the NS 186 into Bluefield Yard, as a stack train exits on track two.

NS 721, awaits a Tennessee crew to take the train on to Bulls Gap, and then on to Andover to be loaded with coal

NS 3216 basks in evening sunlight, as the yard switchers idle away on a slow day at the Bristol Yards

Norfolk Southerns 21st Century Steam Special rolls through Glade Spring en route to Radford as she leaves a good early morning plume

A rare catch around Bluefield, two SD40-2's in pusher service, the J62 leaving the yards to help with another load of black diamonds.

The 15T, which usually is a night train, coasts through Meadowview and kicks up a little powder, after a snowstorm that dumped 11 inches the night before.

A well worn ex Southern SD40-2 leads the V40 back to Bristol on a sunny, but brisk day

D9-40CW 9267 makes its way into the East End Yards at Roanoke, VA

The outbound Q23 with coal empties waits for the inbound 16T, after a quick crew change for a Virginia crew, the 16T would head on to Roanoke, and the Q23 would depart into Tennessee to Bulls Gap ... (more)

NS 8856 tied down for the Christmas Holiday

The Southern Heritage Unit has just went through the CPL's in Glade Spring. VA on a crisp spring morning