Although CSX power is frequently seen on NS rails between Big Stone Gap, Va. and Frisco, Tenn. via NS trackage rights, it's unusual to see CSX power on the ex-Interstate Railroad's mine runs. On a... (more)

The cab on NS U47 rolls through Cane Patch on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch. U47 is pulling empties to the Roaring Fork loader located at the end of Pine Branch. The loaded hopper in ... (more)

NS U49 pulls the loads at Cane Patch, located on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch, on a gorgeous fall day. The crew's work list had been changed a couple of times and they remarked it wa... (more)

NS U47 rolls empties through Cane Patch on the Pardee Branch. A few miles ahead at Roaring Fork Junction, U47 will make a right turn onto Pine Branch en route to the Roaring Fork loader located at... (more)

NS U53 crosses Roaring Fork Creek at Cane Patch on a classic timber trestle. U53 picked up 33 "yellow ball" loads at Roaring Fork, located several miles to the rear, and is en route to W... (more)

Roaring Fork Branch of ex-Interstate railroad