Westbound Coal loads in Ashland.

Storage cars rot away at the inactive Bates Branch loadout deep in the C&O coalfields.

A loaded coal train out of Martin, Kentucky wraps around a small single car loader at Lancer, Ky working its way up the Big Sandy Subdivision.

Westbound coal loads pass Ashlands Amtrak Station.

The old meets the new in Clinchfield country, as UP Challenger No. 3985 disguised as CRR No. 676 pauses for servicing. On the right, 3-month old CSX C40-8W No. 7787 is on the point of a 5-unit la... (more)

CSX P918-23 pulls up into position to begin reboarding riders after allowing them to conduct a tour of the Corbin facilities with several other railfans taking the chance to record the train & get... (more)

Fiery skies glow overhead as the east end Eastbound Yard job idles on one of the switching leads at Russell waiting on a switching signal to come in. A line of tornadic thunderstorms formed from t... (more)

The now idled Hogg Loadout on The CSX Whitesburg Branch at Roxana has seen better days. This loader is now owned by Kingdom Coal and hasn't loaded a train in over a year. The cars on the other tra... (more)

Q692 passes under the cantilver at Fords Branch, having just left Shelby on their way to Russell.

Idling for a long time, oil builds up in cylinders etc., then with a mighty roar a trio of GEs head out on a mine run. Oh, the humanity. God, I STILL love the smell of diesel smoke in the mornin... (more)

Corbin maybe. Hope you labeled your slides. I missed this one.

Hazard Mine Run C842 runs north down the siding at Dent, Kentucky with system empties from Martin. This crew came from Martin Yard on the C&O, across the Deane Connection and is about to run aroun... (more)

The damage to CSX # 384 after the derailment of K429 on February 13,2020.

The damage to CSX # 168 after the derailment of K429 on February 13, 2020. This was the lead motor of the train and went nose first into the Levisa Fork.

On its first revenue run after being painted in the Honoring Law Enforcement scheme by the fine folks at CSX's Huntington Locomotive Shops, CSX 3194 leads Russell to Waycross freight Q693-25 past ... (more)