Norfolk Southern's "Southern" heritage unit looks right at home leading U41 through Natural Tunnel.

The calmness of Stock Creek creates a picturesque reflection of the Southern Heritage Unit as it leads U41 out of the west portal of Natural Tunnel.

Patience is a virtue. Me and a couple buddies left at 6 am to go to Duffield VA to chase U41 with 8099, the southern heritage unit leading. We arrived between 9-10 am expecting it to already be on... (more)

After getting held up in Mayflower, and putting this train 8 hours behind schedule, NS local U41 finally runs through the natural tunnel on its return trip to Andover shortly after 11pm.

NS 3648 emerges from the famous Natural Tunnel in Duffield, VA along Norfolk Southern's Appalachia District. This is train U41 which is bringing coal loads to Frisco yard in the Kingsport, TN area... (more)

Norfolk Southern local job U41 exits Natural Tunnel

U41 knocks down Watkins Signal with a short string of loads bound for Frisco.

Norfolk Southern train U41 rolls railroad east through Gate City, Virginia.

Eastbound Norfolk Southern train U41 is crossing Bootleg Trestle near Sunbright, Virginia.

Eastbound Norfolk Southern train U41 has just begun its trip about a mile back in Andover Yard and is about to pass a caboose in a siding in downtown Appalachia, Virginia. The train has eleven cov... (more)

NS U41 passes through the famed Natural Tunnel in southwestern Virginia on Norfolk Southern's (former Southern) Appalachia District.

After bringing a train from the yard in Frisco, Tennessee, to Andover, Virginia, the crew of Norfolk Southern U41 is spotting cars at the west end of Andover Yard.

U41 emerges from the dark of Natural Tunnel and into a winter wonderland as it hauls empties back to Andover.

After setting out five covered hoppers a short distance back in downtown Appalachia, Virginia, Norfolk Southern train U41 heads into the main part of Andover Yard with empty coal cars.

Westbound Norfolk Southern train U41 approaches the East 9th Street crossing and the signal in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.