Coal may not be what it used to be and the trains may not roll through the community of Sproul as often as they used to, but the loyal Chesapeake & Ohio style cantilever signals still guide trains... (more)
Can I get a double take? A westbound mine run rolls through Madison, W.Va., at sundown rolling overtop a spring switch and junction to the Pond Fork Subdivision. A slower shutter speed capt... (more)
The definition of a hollow... In a typical West Virginia scene, two mountain ridges tower over an obscure coal railroad and a creek.. Here, near the end of CSX's Coal River Subdivision, app... (more)
With a half moon illuminating partly cloudy skies, a westbound loaded coal train exits the Coal River Subdivision with an approach slow signal at "Indian", CLF 1.0 on the railroad's form... (more)
Less than three months old, GE ES44AC No. 3118 in CSX's boxcar logo leads an empty coal train toward the coalfields of Danville, passing Milepost 1 at CP Indian on CSX's Coal River Subdivision.
Milepost 1 better known as Indian is still controlled by one of the few remaining C&O signals in the area. The warm and muggy summer like night just may be it's last, but until then they continue ... (more)
Slightly over a month old, CSX GE ES44AC No. 3098 leads empty train, CSX N674 through the mast signals at CP Indian on CSX's Coal River Subdivision.
The pitcher at a little league game at Kirk Field pitches the ball trying to strike out the batter and finish the game they were winning. In the background unnoticed by the players a empty coal tr... (more)
A near unit train of Veteran ISGX coke hoppers streak by the interlocking at the W.E. MacCorkle Siding at Milepost 22 on CSX's Coal River Subdivision.
EMD's demo units 1203 and 1202 head up the Coal River for testing.
CSXT 5333 pops out of Sproul Tunnel on the Coal River Sub.
CSX 135 leads a empty coal train up the Coal River Sub by the C&O pole signals that are still in charge.
Westbound on the Coal River main, CSXT 371 passes the EAS W.E. Coal River Siding, enroute to St. Albans from Danville.
A pair of engines sit tied down in the yard at Danville, waiting their next assignment to the coalfields of the Coal River and Pond Fork Subdivisions.
A CSX work train heads up the Coal River with MOW equipment for the up coming curfews.
