NS 15T is seen exiting the natural portal of South Tunnel. The train would follow NS 131 before having to meet NS 130 at Fort Payne.

The sun has gone down over the mountain for the day, leaving a colorful sky behind for NS 15T as it thunders through CP Arthur in Shawsville, Va.

NS 15T heads west through Shawsville, Va.

NS 15T grinds through control point Arthur in Shawsville, Va.

An AC44C6M leads NS 15T up grade in Shawsville.

A 1993-built standard cab SD70 is passing under the PA Route 72 twin bridges in Lebanon. Note the "bloody bucket" symbol to the left of the locomotive, incorporated into the design of t... (more)

NS 8077 (plus three additional) leads NS 15T (Allentown-Birmingham) south through Island Ford, in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

The stacks in the distance (far right) are part of Merck & ... (more)

Seen here riding parallel to I-81 in Wytheville, NS 1074 continues to put on a smoke show reminiscent of an A Class hustling freight south towards Bristol. This was the last stop for Joseph Hunnel... (more)

The Monongehela Heritage Unit passing Lebanon landmarks, L to R; the old city garage, Scull Street row homes, Yale Electric Supply, the 1900-built Reading passenger station, and the old Railroad H... (more)

NS 1074 leads 15T past the old N&W station in Dublin, VA smoking up a storm as it heads west on the Pulaski District.

A drone photo of NS 15T passing by the ex-N&W depot in Christiansburg, Va with the Monongahela heritage unit in the lead.

The Monongahela heritage unit leads NS 15T upgrade through Shawsville by the Newtown community.

After a quick stop in the yard in Radford to wait on an opposing eastbound train, NS 15T makes it's way out over the New River in Radford.

NS 1074 leads the charge as NS 15T flies high above the New River

NS 1074 may have had some people convinced that the 611 was the one on point of 15T with the amount of the smoke that it was pushing out at points in my chase of it between Elliston and Wytheville... (more)