A tier 4 GEVO leads coal train NS 578 through Narrows, VA. This trestle marks the very beginning of the Whitethorne district. Most of the train is still on the Christiansburg district.

Loaded coal train NS 578 takes the siding at control point Kumis on the Whitethorne district.

A dash 9 serves as rear DPU on NS 578 as it rolls east by the Merrimac intermediate signals in Blacksburg, VA.

Late evening sun shines down on 1072 as it leads NS 578 east through Pembroke, VA along the Whitethorne district.

The Illinois Terminal heritage unit leads loaded coal train NS 578 east through Glen Lyn, VA.

NS 578 rolls East splitting the Long Island intermediates at Long Island on the NS Altavista District.

NS 578 thunders east through Salem, Va on the Whitethorne District with 4000 in the lead.

The blue AC44C6M #4000 leads loaded coal train NS 578 east through Ironto, Va on the Whitethorne district.

NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit is digging in its heels bringing the eastbound loaded coal train across the iconic trestle in Coopers, WV. While the bridge itself may be a downhill gr... (more)

NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit prepares to enter one of the portals of the Twin Tunnels at Huger as it leads an eastbound loaded coal train along the Pocahontas Division on a sunny F... (more)

Who has more horsepower? A jet engine snowblower sits next to some idling power waiting for a coal train to come off of the RJ Corman. The jet engine snowblower is used in the Altoona to Johnstown... (more)

Day is quickly fading to night as NS 578 is back under way after sitting at CP Riverside on the Whitethorne district waiting for the trash local to go west. A very clean Conrail heritage unit lead... (more)

In some sweet evening light, westbound loaded coal train 578 ducks under the PPL signal bridge at CP Mohican on the NS Fort Wayne Line as it heads to Mansfield for a crew change.

On the final day of July 2019 the Conrail heritage unit led a westbound loaded coal train over a classic former Conrail line. Here it is seen passing the iconic signals at "North Robinson&quo... (more)

On the final day of July 2019 the Conrail heritage unit led a westbound loaded coal train over a classic former Conrail line. Here it is seen passing underneath the westward facing signal bridge t... (more)