On this cold and snowy January day the old signlas at Riffle are still guiding through the area. But they were on borrowed time as just over two months later they would be gone.

The old signals at mile post 338 known as Boiler House are just dumped in a pile waiting to be taken to the scrap yard. Just 48 hours earlier and those intermediate signals would have been control... (more)

In the Greenbrier River Valley east of Hinton under a clear winter sky, the double track intermediate signal bridge at Riffe displays a clear signal for an approaching eastbound loaded coal drag.

A eastbound lights up the area as it heads for Clifton Forge, VA.

Export coal loads illuminate the signal at Riffe's Bottom, eastbound on C&O main to Clifton Forge. This signal is expected to be removed from service in 2013, as part of a signal replacement proje... (more)

Westbound empties for Hinton illuminate the double track C&O signal bridge at Riffe's Bottom, east of Pence Springs. The Riffe's Bottom signal serves as an intermediate signal between the absolute... (more)

Passing the C&O scales at Riffe's Bottom, westbound high priority container train, CSX Q135 charges through the Greenbrier River valley toward Hinton, and points west.

Eastbound at Riffe, high priority intermodal CSX L136 passes under the C&O signal bridge at Riffe, on its morning trek to Clifton Forge from Russell.

Riffe at rest under an angry sky. An 8 second exposure @ f4.0, ISO 200

Breaking record high temperatures for the first time since March of 1921, westbound Hinton bound empties pass under the C&O signal bridge at Riffe, westbound on the Alleghany Subdivision.

The Intermediate at Riffe comes alive to lead the way for an Eastbound train. A 40 second exposure @ f2.8, ISO 1600

Timeless.. A full moon has just dipped below the horizon and the eastern skies are beginning to show some color during this brief period after moonset and before sunrise. A star filled sky and com... (more)

The intermediate signals at 'Riffes Bottom' display a pair of red stop signals, indicating the block is occupied in the opposing direction. The red signals reflect off of the snow covered private ... (more)

Westbound at ntermediate signal "Boiler House", west of Alderson, grain empties from North Carolina make their trek across the former C&O mainline to Hinton and ultimately Russell.

It's 5:48 am at Intermediate signal "Boiler House", just east of C&O's "Riffe Scales". The moon has set, allowing for a sky full of stars to fill up the sky. The codeline still stands in use on CS... (more)