Elevated curves and steep ridges, typical of the Pokey. Fall has arrived on this rainy but colorful day along the Tug Fork river as a new symbol due to the reroutes, NS 188, heads toward Williamso... (more)

An eastbound with a battered nose splits the signals at Mohawk, WV on the Pokey main. There's alot of great scenery along this colorful stretch of mountain RR'ing.

With a brakeman in standard Pokey attire watching, NS 217 passes thru the old NW signals enroute to Williamson. On the siding in the background are hoppers being separated and refigured, a tedious... (more)

With rain holding the smoke down low and the crew looking on, pusher set J52 crosses from Main 2 to Main 1, then will back up to assist the stalled 148 over the Elkhorn Grade. Fall is in the air o... (more)

Contemplating work, a crew prepares to bring mtys down to the prep plant at Hull.

Still looking new in a recent paintjob, GP38 4122 sits on the Devon storage track awaiting another days job.

Framed by the NW signal tower that is surely destined for replacement, minerun U24 idles away before heading to the loadout for a long evening.

In an elevated fourteen degree curve on the Pokey, one of the most severe, a coal run dashes toward Bluefield. The track to the right goes to the Buchanan Branch and wye, just across the river. Hi... (more)

An autorack heads east behind the 98J worktrain at Devon, where one can always find an old GP38 sitting most evenings.

A three engine pusher set prepares to head west out of Bluefield yard with several old dilapidated engines.

A long string of mtys headed to Williamson Yard lights up the Glen Alum tunnel. Glen Alum on the Pokey is a very remote place and difficult to find and fan, with many hazards along the way.

Two new motors making a pusher set await service over the Dry Fork Branch. In a few minutes they'll begin pushing a coal drag just around the corner at Berwind, crawling all the way over the top t... (more)

Striving for Clarks Gap on a Hill Run, U86 pushers are down to a crawl as they prepare to enter Tunnel 9 under the photographer. The WV hills are alive with color on the P-D.

Fire on the mountains in more ways than one. The annual setting of the mountains on fire in WV has created a hazy curtain over Elmore Yard, nearly obscuring the colorful foliage on the P-D. Mtys h... (more)

Representative of the Pokey, bad order coal cars and a caboose sit at Cedar on the center siding. Cabs are still used along this stretch on mine runs, which consist of long backup moves up the bra... (more)

Better get a good look at Glen Alum tunnel before the Heartland Corridor project begins. Mine run U23 backs up and will soon head up the Briar Mt. Br on the other side with two motors on the head ... (more)

NS morning regular 233 crosses over the Bluestone River and the abandoned Bluestone Branch as it heads west toward Williamson. Directly behind the power is Coopers tunnel.

A loaded coal drag rushes east with the tailend still passing thru the Glen Alum tunnel around the curve. Old NW cabooses are still in use and plentiful on this remote section of the Pokey due to ... (more)

With the moon rising over Pike County KY on the other side of the Tug River, a lonely old NW caboose sits in the center siding at Glen Alum on the WV side of the Tug. Quite a beautiful but yet spo... (more)

Two old NW cabooses still in minerun service sit on the Glen Alum center siding, as grain train 57K rushes by and illuminates them late at night. There was plenty of nightlife out along the Tug at... (more)

It's not even Spring and already color is abundant on the Pokey. Along this remote stretch a Conrail and UP consist pass a hgih hood ballast train stored overnight. Thx to J.B. for this compositio... (more)

Closeup of a faded ol gal. High hoods are still quite common along the stretch from War Eagle to Thacker, doing trackwork which is a never ending job with the heavy tonnage this stretch endures.

Of NW heritage and still running fine, an old GP38AC built in 1971 idles away on the Pokey main.

NS 759 hauling coal mtys emerges from Roderfield tunnel after the Bluefield dispather has cleared the tracks.

Leaning sharply into one of the many curves along the Pokey, a coal drag passes mtys stored on the center siding with steep ridges in the background.

Better look fast, as the face of Roderfield Tunnel will soon be changing when the Heartland Corridor project gets underway. On the other side equipment is being staged for the work. This was a pus... (more)

Fast freight 17M ducks under the signals at the west portal of Elkhorn Tunnel as it glides silently down the mighty Elkhorn Grade. The grade will soon be home to several doublestacks a day when th... (more)

A total of seven motors make their way toward Williamson after crossing over Fourmile Creek. It's easy to get turned around in the hills and hollows of WV along this section of terrain.

With the evening sun quickly setting in the Tug Fork valley, mine run SOW heads west with pusher set J25 on the rear. There are no rules along this stretch of the Pokey as pushers can work both ea... (more)

Bathed in the early morning sunlight that's just peaked into the Tug Fork valley, coal drag NS 762 leans into one of hundreds of curves along this remote stretch. The bluffs across the river are i... (more)