A chilly morning at Shelby yard.

K471 rolls across the bridge at Pool Point just outside of Elkhorn City KY.

Sometimes you'll never know what you will find next to the road in somebody's front yard. Here, we have a fading L&N caboose that has seen better days. If this was in my front yard, I would turn i... (more)

Hazard mine run C840-18 crosses the West Fork trestle along the former Chesapeake & Ohio EB&V between Martin, KY and Deane, KY on a frigid January morning. "Chesapeake And Ohio" still g... (more)

A Christmas Eve snowstorm produced some significant snowfall in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. My alarm went off at 0300 Saturday morning to drive down and see what kind of shots I could ge... (more)

Near Russell KY, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 622 "Carter Braxton" is seen on a heavy coal drag.

The DPU on Q692 heads north on the Big Sandy Subdivision at EM Cabin.

K643 departs Corbin with a pair of CP SD70ACu's leading the way.

A few miles back up the line, another loaded CSX coal train makes its way around the bend in the small Pike County community of Darffin.

CSX southbound unit ethanol train K471 emerges in notch 8 from the Elkhorn City tunnel and crosses pool point trestle. The fall colors are ablaze as the unit train starts the long climb through th... (more)

CSX northbound mixed freight Q692 glides across the scenic Pool Point trestle on their way NB into the yard at Shelby, Ky, a few miles up the road. Three CSX Ge products lead the short 3000 foot l... (more)

A loaded Southbound Coal Drag rolls through Elkhorn City, Ky as it prepares to enter Clinchfield Territory.

An empty coal train out of Shelby Yard is bound for loading off this SV&E Sub. The SV&E (Sandy Valley and Elkhorn) is a short 17 miles branchline that runs out of Shelby Yard off the Big Sandy Sub... (more)

Northbound grain empty passes thru SK Cabin on the northside of Paintsville on the Big Sandy. The train is seen here passing under classic C&O hardware that still the entire Big Sandy Sub. The tra... (more)