Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

Very early in the era of the Seaboard System an ex-L&N unit leads a great assortment of movie power on a mine run heading back toward Hazard. Somebody forgot to obliterate the "L&N".

Still possessing the rotating light and renumbered with a stencil this unit is sitting across from the old depot. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

"Brrrrr, hey guys, it's cold out here, start me up, get a broom, come on!" Former L&N unit toughs it out on a winter's day. In its zeal to repaint into Family Lines L&N jumped (or were... (more)

SBD intended to use the 6200 series for GP38s etc. but some never got renumbered before CSX came along. Here an ex-L&N unit bearing what I call the "SCL Revenge" paint scheme is tied do... (more)

At a time when the yard was much busier than today a former Family Lines rests between moves. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

I miss these old models and remember how it seems as if they would be around forever.

They didn't seem to be much of a rebuild at the time but they've hung in there with many still serving honorably, old by either built date or rebuild date. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection... (more)

Looks like the yard crew is switching a little company fuel or such with two of my favorite EMDs.

The "field" is more full of units today and this unit may be set up to go out on a road freight.

Sitting in what was called "the field" ready for assignment is one of the best looking locomotives repainted into this scheme, a former Clinchfield unit. For an earlier photo see 44793... (more)

Trains arriving at Hamlet predominately use the old SAL main to go north to access the inbound tracks. Here an odd collection of stuff is bringing in an EB train.

Originally an L&N unit it already has its CSX number. At the wash rack.

Inbound freight with a leader from one of my favorite roads which has yet to be butchered up after the merger in December.