CPLs are still up on the Wolf Creek Branch of the Pocahontas as a worktrain with clamshell approaches the sidings at the Toptiki coal loadout. At times the coalfields can be sweltering, even in th... (more)
Smoking thru an S curve on a humid day, worktrain 97J heads toward McClure after passing Peter Cave on the Wolf Creek Branch of the Pokey. Note the crew using Mother Natures AC.
In a scene reminiscent of the early seventies, high hood 4105 backs up amid terrible track conditions loaded with clinkers. The Excel Toptiki loadout is just around the corner of this remote secti... (more)
Bringing up the rear of 97J, the caboose crosses over Wolf Creek just east of the old Addington McClure loadout. The worktrain is headed to Toptiki. For anyone monitoring the Pokey, "The King" sho... (more)
On a day so humid you could cut the air, worktrain 97J ambles toward Toptiki to drop off a clamshell, then spend the rest of the day loading ties. Slidefence is typical of the Pokey.
An old N&W shield or insignia on the remote Wolf Creek Branch of the Pocahontas. Built late in RR terms, the branch still sees a couple of coal moves per day out of Martin County to the WV line.
In an odd scene, hoppers apparently involved in a derailment are trucked away from the old Petercave Coal yard in Martin County, KY on the Wolfcreek Branch of the Pokey. Just out of the pic to the... (more)
It's 11:00 AM and the sun is barely over the mountain ridge as mine shifter U06 slowly proceeds east toward the Pokey main
A mine run for Martin County Coal crosses over Wolf Creek on the busy Wolf Creek Branch into Martin Co, Ky.
