The 65 year old N&W J 611 is on its Homecoming Journey after being fully restored in Spencer, NC.

Two fresh out of the box Tier-4's are on the point of a west-bound loaded coal train. The train is passing the old Appalachia passenger station that served the Southern Railway and L&N. Part of th... (more)

The pushers of a loaded coal train are beginning their backwards descent towards Hagans Switchback from Hubbard Springs.

Sometimes the best actions photos are taken under terrible conditions. In this case, an eastbound empty unit coal train is rolling through a heavy rain storm en route to Williamson, WV, along the ... (more)

Heavy rains pour down as a Dash-8 rounds the curve at Watauga.

A rare sight. After working the only mainline switchback in America, two former Conrail Dash 8-40CW's scream as they get put into notch-7 and then 8, in order to get 15,000 + tons of coal movin... (more)

The Lehigh Valley heritage unit passes a very fitting American flag while on it's journey into the Appalachian mountains on Independence day, 2016. Happy 4th of July everyone.

NS 386 passes the Red Stone sign at Glenita, after just coming through Natural Tunnel.

Winter is coming and so is the fall harvest. A whole string of covered hoppers have been pulled out of storage from one of the sidings on the Kingsport Sub. (The old Clinchfield route that runs fr... (more)

NS 386 looks through Harper tunnel as they are making their way down to the Big Stone Gap signal.

A lone dash-9 floats around the curve at Sunbright with the T74 crew on board. They will continue the next few miles with just a single engine until a crosstie gon and two covered hoppers are pick... (more)

Four GE locomotives shove half of their train upgrade in torrential rains toward the power switch on Hagan's Switchback.

One of two NS F9A units sits quietly by itself behind all of the madness going on at Spencer.