As a sliver of sunlight emerges between thick layers of clouds, eastbound empty coal train T209-24 (the second in a parade of eastbounds) knocks down the signal at RB Cabin just outside of Louisa,... (more)

As fall begins to show across Appalachia, Hazard local C842-02 crosses Bridge 384, better known as West Fork Trestle on CSX's ex-C&O Elkhorn & Beaver Valley Subdivision, descending down the 1.86% ... (more)

Huntington to Russell "Peddler" H779-14 heads westbound with a couple road motors & cars in tow passing over the Route 75 overpass in Kenova, West Virginia.

CSX 480 leads a train of hoppers under the iconic dual cantilevers at Quinnimont deep in the humid New River Gorge. Since this shot was taken, these signals, the last of their kind on the C&O mai... (more)

Taking care of (what little) business (remains)

210 empty hoppers and three generations of GE products head down the Big Sandy Subdivision towards Paintsville, passing the C&O bracke... (more)

A former UP SD90MAC heads the eastbound run of autoracks down the Pocahontas Division past the unique CPL's north of Naugatuck, WV at Panco.

A thick fog descends upon the New River Gorge this morning as Amtrak P941-29, the eastbound New River Train crosses the aptly named New River at Hawks Nest on the former C&O New River Subdivision ... (more)

Thirty years ago, you would have been thrilled to see these Detroit Edison coal trains run through town with their own set of power in the form of blue & white U30C's & SD40's. But for tonight, a... (more)

Silent night

Performing their usual tri-weekly ritual, the westbound Cardinal rolls into the once-bustling railroad city of Ashland. Typically, a few passengers will disembark or cl... (more)

Nobody is safe now.

While PTC and modernization upgrades have all but wiped out their N&W CPL brethren on the Pocahontas Division, most of the Southern-style color lights still stand... (more)

With cutter wheels grinding away at the head of the rails on #1 track, the Loram Railgrinder works it's way west towards Russell for a night run down the Cincinnati & Northern Subdivisions. In a ... (more)

Kanawha River Railroad/WATCO SD40M-2's 4221 and 4211, both rebuilt ex-Southern Pacific SD45's sit at the south end of Dickinson Yard in Quincy, awaiting their next road assignment. In the backgro... (more)

Local J13 brings 110 empty coal hoppers from SunCoke's Ceredo Docks down Track 3 of Kenova Yard, heading for the mainline for a trip down to Williamson. With the idling of the mine at East Lynn, ... (more)

The rain has finally let up as the Nitro Local, KN40 assists Columbus to Dickinson train KN-380 with sorting & switching of cars for local industries. Two rebuilt GP39V's of GM&O and Western Mary... (more)

Another day on the L&N

Time freight Q539 has made it's first set off of cars at Patio Yard in Winchester and is now back on the move heading south towards Corbin, while local C706 ha... (more)