A wet snow clings to the nose of AMTK 275 on Train #66, The Hilltopper, as it enters the passenger main at the west end of the passenger platform in Williamson, WV.

NW 1620 leads D&H 7610 and an SP GP30 eastbound under the swinging bridge in East Williamson. I doubt this photo location is as available now as it was back then.

Five early Geeps take lake coal away from Williamson WV. March, 1979

Amtrak most viable train EVER, The Hilltopper, exits Mingo Tunnel and passes under US 52 in the west end of Williamson, WV. March 1979.

Three C.C.&O. locomotives at the yard in Elkhorn City. October 1978. 3010, 3630 and 3004?

M of W fellow grinds a field weld on new rail behind the passenger station in Williamson, WV. Date of the weld is chalked on the side of the rail. Folk art on the tool box cover is cute. Look c... (more)

Supervisor gives hand signals to wreck train crew preparing to clean up derailment at Wolf Creek branch/ October, 1978

M of W worker makes a field weld on newly laid rail behind the passenger station in Williamson, WV.

Work train with the BIG HOOK backs up to coal train derailment on the Scioto Division. Oct 1978

SBD and other CSX predecessor-schemed units cross the N&W Old Main Line at ND Cabin in downtown Lynchburg.

NS predecessor companies join hands nicely here. Southern RY. caboose on the rear of N&W ballast cars at Montview Yd. (Southern's yard. N&W's yard was Kinney)

The steel rail, steel wheel interface looks especially nice during the "golden hour", when the setting sun, low in the sky, casts a warm glow on everything. Westbound CSX myts seen crossing the N... (more)

Impressive NW SD45 (long-hood forward, of course) and slug do some switching at the west end of the Williamson Yards. In the background is the old "Town Bridge" which carried US 52 over Vinson H... (more)

When CSX was in the process of being created, NS insisted on being given trackage rights over the CSX between Balcony Falls, VA, and Lynchburg, VA. to create a "short cut" between their north-sout... (more)

A view of the operator's board in Williamson, WV, in the days when the Williamson operator controlled the RR from Devon to Williamson.