A CSX locomotive pulls a long line of coal cars through the New River Gorge. The rail line that runs through the gorge is part of the New River Subdivision of the CSX Railroad. It extends just under 73 miles from Hinton to Montgomery, West Virginia and passes through some of the most geography in the state. Photo taken from the Grandview Overlook, West Virginia.
The Heisler No. 6 steam locomotive pulls the Durbin Rocket excursion train along the Greenbrier River near Durbin, West Virginia. This engine, built in 1929, was used for logging operations and has never been out of service. This scene is reminiscent of what many of these mountain railroads would have looked like in service... routinely following the rivers in order to attain the most level grades possible.
A quartet of Norfolk Southern diesel locomotives leads a very long train in downtown Bristol, Tennessee, on a beautiful spring day.
