Norfolk Southern eastbound U40 with 30 loaded coal hoppers rolls passes the Trinity Bell Church on the outskirsts of Gate City, Virginia.
Norfolk Southern eastbound U40 with 30 loaded coal hoppers rolls rolls under the signal bridge (control point Watkins) at the west end of the siding in the community of Daniel Boone, Virginia.
Norfolk Southern eastbound train U40 with 30 loaded coal hoppers rolls through Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
22k takes the curve at CPF-478 after D45 cleared the main heading north. NS 4285 is one of the rebuilt AC to DC C44-9W conversions.
The fall colors are at their peak as an eastbound stack train winds around Horseshoe Curve on the NS Pittsburgh Line.
NS AC44C6M 4285 was originally built as NS D9-44CW 9061 in 1997.
A new AC44C6M rebuilds leads NS 22A westbound through Shawsville, Va at "John Farm".