CSX C853-03 crosses the county line from Letcher into Knott County and stretches across the Deane Connection of the C&O and L&N railroads. It is seen here crossing Highway 7 with CSX 5107, the W.... (more)

For years, an Alco switcher, modified for remote control operation, sat alongside CSX's Rockhouse Sub in Letcher County, KY at the idle Enterprise loadout at Democrat. Now it is but a memory as i... (more)

Nothing that a few good swipes with a hammer won't fix! After digging out this set of trucks the Corman crew reassembled the wheelset to place under one of the derailed hoppers. This location is... (more)

RJ Corman cranes position on the sides of the heavy loaded coal hopper to get it back on track following the derailment the previous day. CSX operates the prep plant here.

This car's front trucks broke free and derailed while the car continued forward. When the car finally fell and dug in, the trucks were in the middle of the car.

Five loaded coal cars went on the ground at the Sapphire prep plant near Whitesburg Sunday, apparently caused by a broken rail. DTI Energy of Detroit is the owner of the cars.

The power owned by the Progress Loadout in the town of Democrat, KY is seen here in silent repose, showing off its more than classy paint job.

A CSX coal train stops just inside the Democrat Block of the Elkhorn & Beaver Valley Sub, "meeting" the decrepit Alco switcher at the Democrat Mine.

Empty Virginia power hoppers are headed to the Sapphire prep plat to be loaded.

CSX 475 leads a NB empty mixed coal train through the rural Letcher County, KY town of Blackey. Several inches of snow linger on the ground on this sunny day.

A Rapid Load Shifter rattles through the cut marking the Deane Connection which tied the L&N and C&O together after the formation of CSX. The loaded hoppers below are in the old L&N Hendrix yard ... (more)

After a crew change, mine reassignment and two hour wait at Rapid Load, a Hazard-based mine run rolls DEEX mtys north past the Democrat Loadout on the trip up to the big Buckeye Mine on the EK Sub... (more)

EMD SD70MACs explode out of the tunnel near Colson on the EK Subdivision with mtys in tow.

SECX switcher assigned to Belcraft tipple.

If it's April it must be raining. A Rapid Load Shifter out of Martin crest the heavy grade up to Beaver Gap on the E&BV Subdivision with mtys for the mine.