Like stars dot the sky, interlocking towers (or cabins as the C&O often called them) used to dot the railroad landscape. However, technology rapidly eliminated their need. NJ Cabin stands tall on ... (more)

A westbound coal train for Cincinnati, Ohio, gives a roll by to a passing eastbound near NJ Cabin on CSX's ex-C&O Northern Subdivision. The westbound's headlight, led by SD40-3 No. 4060 is piercin... (more)

CSX 6462 leads an eastbound past retired NJ Cabin, junction of lines to Columbus and Cincinnati west of Russell. C&O called its towers "cabins" and, if truth be known, it was an apt desc... (more)

How tomorrow moves, by yesterday

One of CSX Transportation's first Tier 4 locomotives leads train G650 past the historic NJ Cabin that is still miraculously standing... for the time being... (more)

CSXT symbol H705 works east on a crisp spring morning at Limeville, KY. H705 featured a single EMD GP38-2 running long hood lead. The crew had just finished up at Mark West where they retrieved a... (more)

EB merchandise easing down the Ohio toward a termination at Russell Yard.

On the former C&O ex-CRR unit leads an EB freight at the fabled site where the railroad once boosted WB trains over the Ohio River with simple 2-8-8-2s. Anybody miss stealth?

NJ cabin once a valued structure for the railroad, but now serves no purpose.

A pair of GE "lightning bolts" roar east under the signal bridge at NJ Cabin with a train of emptys off of the ex-C&O Northern Subdivision.

On her way to the NRHS Convention at Huntington WV the 765 is just west of Russell Ky. with the Pere Marquette 1225 tucked up tight, out of sight, behind her.

A loaded grain train rolls east towards the yard at Russell, KY, off the Northern Sub. Here the train passes under endangered C&O signals at Limeville. CSXT is working west from Russell replacing ... (more)

An empty coal train rolls south towards Russell, KY, as they pass thru east end of DG Cabin. CSXT is in the process of replacing alot of these old C&O signals due to PTC and vandalism. Between NJ ... (more)

An old GP30 converted to a slug leads a local through the interlocking at NJ Cabin and under a 4 track C&O signal bridge.

The last four track C&O signal bridge in service as NJ Cabin in Limeville, KY.

Westbound on the Northern Subdivision, CSX Q634 knocks down the three track signal bridge at W.E. Limeville.