Westbound CSX V691-30 passes under the C&O cantilever at East End Pauley on their way to Russell with an SD50-3 leader...this was about a 15 second sucker hole of sunlight as the whole trip was cl... (more)

A Letcher County shot from last week.

Russell bound manifest Q694-13 crosses the Levisa Fork westbound on the Big Sandy Subdivision on a dreary March afternoon. At left is the bridge of the Big Sandy Sub's predecessor, the Chatteroi R... (more)

Eastern Kentucky is still recovering from the 2021 Ice Storm but the railroad keeps chugging on. A relatively short Q693 makes its way south on the Big Sandy Subdivision in the evening light with ... (more)

A chilly morning at Shelby yard.

K471 rolls across the bridge at Pool Point just outside of Elkhorn City KY.

Sometimes you'll never know what you will find next to the road in somebody's front yard. Here, we have a fading L&N caboose that has seen better days. If this was in my front yard, I would turn i... (more)

Hazard mine run C840-18 crosses the West Fork trestle along the former Chesapeake & Ohio EB&V between Martin, KY and Deane, KY on a frigid January morning. "Chesapeake And Ohio" still g... (more)

A Christmas Eve snowstorm produced some significant snowfall in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. My alarm went off at 0300 Saturday morning to drive down and see what kind of shots I could ge... (more)

Near Russell KY, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 622 "Carter Braxton" is seen on a heavy coal drag.

The DPU on Q692 heads north on the Big Sandy Subdivision at EM Cabin.

K643 departs Corbin with a pair of CP SD70ACu's leading the way.

A few miles back up the line, another loaded CSX coal train makes its way around the bend in the small Pike County community of Darffin.

CSX southbound unit ethanol train K471 emerges in notch 8 from the Elkhorn City tunnel and crosses pool point trestle. The fall colors are ablaze as the unit train starts the long climb through th... (more)

CSX northbound mixed freight Q692 glides across the scenic Pool Point trestle on their way NB into the yard at Shelby, Ky, a few miles up the road. Three CSX Ge products lead the short 3000 foot l... (more)