Canadian Pacific GE ES44AC No. 9351 leads NS 188 down the former N&W Kenova District at 'Panco' near Kermit, W.Va., on March 10, 2016. These signals would be soon be replaced; all but ending an er... (more)

J59 trio rolls over the Tug Fork and ducks into Roderfield Tunnel...

EX Conrail NS 8379 exits the Twin Branch Tunnel in Davy, WV with a loaded coal train bound for Bluefield Yard.

SD 70ACE leads a coal drag through the tunnel section of the Kenova District on a beautiful "near" spring afternoon in the remote hills of southern West "By God" Virginia. Note... (more)

NS 8913 rolls out of Tunnel 4 headed east on NS's Kenova District in a remote section of Wayne County WVA...

Westbound grain empties roll through Welch, following the blocks of an empty coal train ahead, from high above the East portal of Welch Tunnel.

Westbound coke train 80K rolls out of the notched Mingo Tunnel, having just left Williamson on its journey to Portsmouth.

Westbound autoracks exit the iconic tunnel at Harpers Ferry and cross the Potomac River from Maryland into West Virginia.

After being called out of Bluefield to assist the 83G climb the Elkhorn Grade after breaking a knuckle at Switchback, Norfolk Southern's "Lehigh Valley" and "Nickel Plate" heri... (more)

Pennsy Heritage unit #8102 is the rear end pusher on this loaded coal train, seen from high above Welch Tunnel.

The Pennsylvania heritage unit shoves an eastbound coal train through the tunnel at Elkhorn. While these signals still stand, the mast for the new Safetrans signals is standing behind me here.

The morning Cardinal heads out of Manns tunnel on a beautiful fall day.

A UP SD70AH leads unit grain train 44G up the Elkhorn Grade just west of the tunnel that bears the same name. Here we see the train under the classic N&W CPLs at Maybeury. Not the mast that has be... (more)

Westbound mixed freight 189 is broad-sided by evening sun as it exits the tunnel and passes onto the huge viaduct at Coopers, just east of Bramwell, WV.

A standard cab SD70 leads a loaded coal train downgrade as it heads east out of Matoaka tunnel on the former Virginian. In the coming weeks scenes like this will become a thing of the past as Norf... (more)