A brand new CSX GEVO leads a westbound hopper train through the community of Glenita, VA on a peaceful Sunday afternoon.

CSX 4551 leads a eastbound coal train out of Natural Tunnel in this birds eye view. The green vegetation is slowly returning to the landscape fueled in large part by heavy rains of the past few da... (more)

Basking in the last rays of this beautiful days sunshine, NS 722 passes through Glenita just East of Natural Tunnel State Park.

NS 7603 leads seven other NS GEs and westbound empty Georiga Power coal train 717 out of Natural Tunnel. more)

Eastbound loaded SCWX coal train U303 eases through Natural Tunnel and the much smaller and man-made Little Tunnel on NS's Appalachia District.

One of CSX's newer GEVO units drifts along on the rear of loaded coal train U303 as it snakes its way through Glenita. Soon both helper engines will be in number 8 throttle as the train begins the... (more)

After passing through Natural Tunnel, NS 72A crosses Stock Creek with 60 coal loads on its way into Yuma.

An eastbound NS loaded coal train easing by the storage track at Glenita.

NS T74 rolls eastbound through this rural scene at Glenita, passing by a make-shift apple tree market.

CSX 771 fits right into the scene (literally) at the Red Stone Drive-In on a crisp and clear November afternoon . The pusher units shoved an eastbound coal train to the top of the hill at Watkins ... (more)

The yearly MofW shutdown of the CSX KP and BR Subdivisions (the former Clinchfield) has once again put detour freights Q568/Q569 on the NS Appalachia District between Big Stone Gap and Frisco. CSX... (more)

Eastbound NS loaded coal train 730 eases through the tight confines of Natural Tunnel at 15mph as it drops down one of the steeper grades on the Appalachia District. Several park visitors can be s... (more)

NS SD70M-2 2664 leads empty coal train 715 out of the west portal of Natural Tunnel with cold waters of Stock Creek flowing in the foreground. It is amazing to see what the force of water will do ... (more)

Frisco Local (T50) rolling eastbound through Glenita.

Evidence of a recent T&S gang's work stands by the house track at Glenita as an eastbound TVA coal train makes its way to Bulls Gap.