CSX train I003 making up for lost time

CSX ES44AC 789 emerges from one of the many tunnels on the former Clinchfield as it leads manifest freight Q693 through Haysi, Virginia on a misty mountain morning.

A pair of GE's lead CSX manifest freight Q693 through Elkhorn City, Kentucky and crosses over the Russell Fork in the early morning hours of a misty day in the Appalachians.

A pair of CSX GE's emerge from a tunnel on a rainy morning in Clincho, Virginia as they lead manifest freight Q693 south over the former Clinchfield.

The Cowan pusher enters Big Hormady Cut as it shoves Northbound Q580 up the steep Cumberland Mountain Grade.

The sounds of GE prime movers echoes off the walls within Big Hormady Cut as the Cowan pusher shoves heavy mixed freight train Q580 up the nearly three percent grade at Tantallon. Big Hormady Cut ... (more)

Y122 comes off of the single track at Battle with cars pulled from Enfield.

The old Louisville and Nashville railroad tower stands tall in Baxter, Kentucky, as CSX U400-06 completes a run over from Kingsport, Tennessee. The former L&N tower is surely nearing 100 years old... (more)

After dropping off their pusher crew at Pennington Gap, who assisted with bringing the 110-car train through the last operating mainline switchback at Hagans & setting the rear units up for distri... (more)

T405 tops the hill at Hubbard Springs with 110 loads for Duke Energy's Brice plant.

T405 passes through Olinger on a wonderful May morning, with a pair of GE's on each end of 110 Brice loads.

A trio of GE units leads Q019 west at CP 382 on a sunny day after an overnight snowstorm.

Locomotives:
CSX 789 ES44AC
CSX 8 AC44CW
CSX 3384 ET44AC

CSAO CA-11 glides down the Pennsgrove Secondary as it passes through the backyards of the residents of Carry's Point. CA-11 has two CSX GE's in place of the usual EMD's that often power the train.... (more)

A Rocky Mount to Oak Island manifest makes its way across the Anacostia River in Washington DC on a gorgeous summer morning.

A manifest heads east towards Benning Yard, about to leave ex-PRR rails in favor of ex-B&O rails, having recently left ex-B&O rails. A beautiful day at this location!