A pair of GE ES44AC's bask in the beautiful sun light as they wait for a westbound loaded coal train to clear blocks.

A westbound coal train rumbles by East Sproul enroute to the Kanawha mainline, as CSXT 796 idles in the Big Coal Siding waiting for the passing train to clear DTC blocks.

CSX 114 tiptoes over Sproul Junction, where to the left it forks to the Little Coal River Sub through nearby Sproul Tunnel, and straight ahead by the dwarf signal it'll head up the Big Coal Sub.

CSX 516 heads east at Sproul enroute to Danville, WV.

SD70MAC on the point of an empty coal drag rolls up the Coal River Sub headed for Elk Run.

CSX 137 rolls up the Coal River Sub with MTY's.

C&O 4286 gets a little help from Hulcher after derailing in the siding on the Big Coal side at Sproul, West Virginia, in September of 1982.

8412 peeks out of the Sproul Tunnel, about to cross the Big Coal River. This timber lined tunnel burned in 1990 and was replaced with a concrete tunnel.

SCL 8960 and a Family Lines engine bring loads off Little Coal River at Sproul, headed for St. Albans and the CSX main.

444 exits Sproul Tunnel and crosses the Big Coal River. Here the Big and Little Coal River branches meet. It is 15 miles to St. Albans and the mainline.

This "Little Giant" crane is backing through the turnout, headed up the Big Coal River branch on a work detail.

212 takes the switch to go up the Little Coal River toward Danville, WV. Second unit is dead to save fuel.

370 exits the Sproul Tunnel, coming off the Little Coal River branch, onto the short bridge across the Big Coal River. Here the Big and Little Coal Rivers come together forming the Coal River. 1... (more)

Bringing loads off the Big Coal River, headed for St. Albans.