Into the sunset, CSX Train E118 pulls on a string of 215 empty coal hoppers bound for Peach Creek in the West Virginia Coal Fields.

Headed East to Hinton, the rear of the Autumn Colors Express passes through St. Albans, WV on this overcast Fall morning.

Tied down in the Westward Siding west of St. Albans, a Loram-operated ballast cleaner is silhouetted by the headlights of a westbound empty coal train on the heels of Amtrak's Cardinal No. ... (more)

After making setoffs and pickups at the South Charleston Yard, CSX H751 rolls through downtown St. Albans at last light with GE ES44AC No. 941 serving as the solo DPU on this Kentucky bound manife... (more)

An AEPX coal train from north central West Virginia navigates the seldom photographed Bills Creek Industrial Track on its short jaunt to the John E. Amos Power Plant for unloading. The head end is... (more)

Heading out of the sunset, a CSX ES44 pulls on the coal hoppers on a nice Summer evening.

Summertime surprises... An eastbound coal train continues east toward Hinton after meeting two westbounds in St. Albans as remnants of a detonating thunderstorm collide with the low evening sun an... (more)

Eastbound 765 blasts through the Coal River Trestle with one of the 1985 New River Trains.

In January 1985, Ross Roland was running tests for his ACE 3000 project with C&O 4-8-4 #614 between Huntington, WV and Hinton, WV. Here the eastbound coal train is blasting through St. Albans.

Nickel Plate Berkshire 765 has the New River Train accelerating through the Sunday morning fog just east of St. Albans.

Nickel Plate S-2 Berkshire 765 gets underway with the very long New River Train after a stop in St. Albans.

”I’ll Catch Him – You Have a Schedule to Keep!”

A young man is climbing down from the deck of Nickel Plate 765 after the ride of a lifetime. While it may appear that he cou... (more)

The New River Train pulls into St. Albans, West Virginia behind Nickel Plate 765.

Summer nights in St. Albans... A westbound CSX coal train rolls through downtown St. Albans, a popular railfan hangout, on its way to Russell, Ky., from Hinton, W.Va.

Running more than 15 minutes ahead of schedule, Amtrak's westbound Cardinal No. 51 heads for Huntington, W.Va., from Charleston, W.Va., on the CSX's ex-C&O mainline. With a scheduled arriva... (more)