A light engine set heads up Island Creek to retreve loads at Massey Energys, Stirrat Coal operation.

A mixed freight roars out of Tunnel 4 and through the road crossing. The crossing has no gates and is about 100' from the portal. Not a place for the faint of heart.

Just another day in rural W.Va.

A MTY coal train makes its way up the Wayne Br. past the Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church. The train will load at the Foundation Coal, Camp Creek Complex at the end of the branch line.

NS 98J passes 2 tagged cars on Ben siding and the slide fence that protects Glen Alum Tunnel. After a hard week of MoW work, the crew hi-balls it back to Williamson for some well deserved R and R.

Two trains await crews in front of the old coaling tower amid some nice fall colors.

Plenty of power sits waiting on assignments into the coalfields.

The Peach Creek Yard Office.

An OLS 25 unit baths in the late afternoon sun after a hard days work in the coalfields of southern W.Va.

Loads sit in the yard that came off the P-D via the old Virginian route. Here, Pocahontas District crews will pick them up and take them west.

A new AC leads a coal train through the Gorge at Cotton Hill.

This coal train has already received pushers at Ought One due to the winter storm conditions.

NS 234 leaves a marker for NS 218 to follow in the nite. NS 218 was right on 234's heels and will overtake it by Iaeger. It was very dark in this remote area. The long exposure makes it lighter ou... (more)

A pusher set heads up the branch to help a loaded coal drag off.

A C39-8 holds main two under this classic N&W signal bridge as a coal train heads west on main one. This signal type is one of only a few left on the Pokey.