Two hundred loads of coal are slowing to a 10 mile per hour crawl at RB Cabin near Louisa, passing the abandoned tunnel of the original Chatteroi Railroad to which the CSX (ex-C&O) Big Sandy Subdi... (more)

On a cold and dreary night, crossties with rails freshly pulled sit spread apart on the ROW of the former N&W Mate Creek Branch constructed off the Pocahontas District mainline to access coal mine... (more)

After the purchase of Kanawha River Terminals by SunCoke Energy Partners in October 2013, these ex-CN GP40-2LW's are two of three locomotives at the former Kanawha River Terminals Ceredo Dock spor... (more)

The "lesser known" end of the railroad.. For the first time in over a year, the string of autorack cars stored on the Bluestone Branch near Coopers, WV has an End of Train device ... (more)

The boys are back, and they're looking for trouble! As the Dropkick Murphys song goes, the two Tier 4 SD70ACe demonstrators loaned to CSX have escaped Queensgate Yard after weeks of ... (more)

Two former UP/BN Geep's sit silent in the yard near Kanawha Eagle's West Carbon Mine on the former Winifrede Railroad, a railroad itself that predates the famous C&O mainline through the New River... (more)

Eastbound Duke Power coal train T402-23 passes the idled Prater Creek Mine at Ivel, KY heading for Shelby Yard with 109 loaded coal cars. T402-23 is a test train heading for Duke Power's Cliffsid... (more)

After sitting in the yard in Huntington for the holiday season, the Loram switch grinder is back to work on the Huntington Division. After taking on water at Big Sandy Junction with the assistanc... (more)

A former Burlington Northern SD40-2 leads a short local run of empty coal cars westbound on the Kenova District as the train rolls onto the 4000 foot long Ohio River Bridge. The drone is directl... (more)

At one of few places that nearly the entire consist of the mile long Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Blue Unit Circus Train can be seen, Kanawha River Railroad crew KN-35B roll across the Kan... (more)

During a visit to Fayette County for work, I was able to spend some time checking out the railroads around Lexington, including the NS CNO&TP 1st District mainline, and the ex-L&N Old Road now ope... (more)

The only westbound in a sea of eastbounds on this gorgeous September afternoon, hotshot intermodal 217 is crawling upgrade across the infamous Coopers Trestle on the NS Pocahontas Division. As so... (more)

Passing on the heritage

The 6th operator of the former NYC West Virginia Secondary from Alloy, WV to Columbus, Ohio the WATCO operated Kanawha River Railroad passes over the town of ... (more)

On the second day of their journey from Roanoke, VA to St. Louis, MO, NS 957 heads west on the Kenova District on Main 1 passing under the steam era coaling tower at Prichard with NS 7, the "... (more)

CSX manifest M892-10 passes under the signal bridge at Pikes Crossing in Catlettsburg on the last few miles of their journey to Russell Yard from Shelbiana, KY. CSXT 3194, the Honoring our Law Enf... (more)