A double-barrel coal train slides East through Alderson leading an Eastbound parade out of Hinton.

A pair of CSX AC4400s lead Eastbound grain train G619 through Alderson headed for Richmond.

The sun had just popped out at the end of an overcast day to highlight the DPU of an eastbound loaded CSX coal train as rolls past the Amtrak flag stop in Alderson, WV. It was one of those "... (more)

An eastbound coal drag travels eastbound though the small community of Alderson, WV on a fiery golden hour evening in early April of 2021.

CSXT #792 leads coal train T21122 east under the eastbound signals at Alderson, WV on the morning of May 22, 2021. Alderson was settled in 1777 by "Elder" John Alderson a frontier missio... (more)

A rather clean BNSF Dash 9 in war bonnet paint leads a CSX K train west through Alderson, Wv.

The evening cardinal has made it's stop at Alderson and starts to accelerates out of town.

Misery.

An empty hopper train rolls westbound by the C&O cantilever at Alderson. Next stop...Hinton

A empty coal train heads for the mines of West Virginia for it's next load of coal.

This westbound coal empty has just passed thru AD Cabin at Alderson. This westbound empty is on the Alleghany Sub between Clifton Forge, VA, to Hinton, WV, on this ex-C&O territory. This train wil... (more)

Q303 waits for an Eastbound coal train on a frosty morning in Alderson.

Amtrak Train P050 makes his way East through the Alderson station which is a 'Flag Stop' which means he has to go apx. 5 MPH to make sure that no passengers are wanting to board.

7795 leads one of the seemingly endless empty coal trains through AD Cabin in Alderson.

It's sunrise on another winter morning in the small town of Alderson. As for many winter mornings in several decades this signal has watched the sun rise from this very same spot. This winter may ... (more)