Working hard upgrade this train is headed for Appalachia, from which it would run two excursions to Norton the next day. East Tennesee Chapter NRHS hosted the trip on the 16th which featured seve... (more)
NS empty ECP coal train 723 rolls through the reverse curves at Oreton dropping downgrade toward Big Stone Gap.
A five-unit westbound empty train rolls downgrade at Oreton on the former Southern trackage.
NS T74 blows some smoke as ex Conrail now NS 5443 works Hard upgrade pulling 30 coal loads past some MoW equipment
Complete with marker lights burning, this former Conrail unit leads a westbound empty CSX hopper train through the shadows and the fall colors near Oreton, VA.
CSX detour manifest Q568 climbs uphill.
Q21 rolling westbound just east of Oreton, VA, with BNSF and UP power.
798 is making good time as they climb the hill toward Oreton, seen here passing the 9 milepost and about to cross Willis Road