The sun lights up Natural Tunnel as 45 loads of coal bound for Eastman in Kingsport heads south as a clean YN2 AC44 leads the train on the NS Appalachia District.
CSX U090, running as KT24 on trackage rights on NS' Appalachia District, exits the West portal of Natural Tunnel, reflecting into a still slightly murky Stock Creek.
An eastbound coal drag creeps through Natural Tunnel State Park. Brake and rail squeal fill the natural cut disturbing the solitude. We didn't mind in the least!