Veteran 463 ducks under the signals and prepares to enter the yard at Cumberland.

Norfolk Southern Train 80T exits Little Bull Tunnel with eastbound VAPX coal loads. The CSXT leader is an unusual visitor here, whether loading at Wentz Loadout on the former Interstate Railroad o... (more)

A southbound CSX loaded coal train rolls across Ivydale on a bitterly cold winter morning. The community of Ivydale used to be served by both the L&N and the Southern, which had a branch that ran ... (more)

CSX 463 struggles as it leads U883 past the signals at Hobbs (Bardane), West Virginia.

A loaded eastbound coal drag slowly heads upgrade passing under one of only a handful of classic signals left in the Alleghany sub.

An AC4400CW leads a southbound coal train alongside Roosevelt Blvd.

Westbound empty CSX coal train T436 operating on NS trackage rights works uphill through Natural Tunnel behind pair of GE products. more)

CSX local F728 heads north out of Greenville in the morning on its daily turn to the yard in Rocky Mount as it passes through rural eastern NC farmland.

Don’t let the big GE’s fool you, CSX may be a Class I, but their operations in Eastern NC are all branchlines. Six days a week, F728 ferries cars collected by locals from Greenville up to the ... (more)

E812 struggles up the grade, closing the gap to the Summit right behind me.

With a friendly wave, Q519 makes its way towards the city of Calera with the CSX SD50 Class Unit, the CSXT 8500, in tow.

With the falls of the James River created by the Cushaw Hydroelectric plant in the foreground, this loaded coal train goes east across the valley. Just visible behind the RR bridge is the Appalach... (more)

Southbound at 1845, this empty unit coal train makes a dash between MARC trains.

Empty Bessemer and Lake Erie hoppers roll east on the Pittsburgh Sub, passing the NS OC Bridge. I'm still looking for an over-under meet here.