Recent snow and cold weather have allowed large icicles to form on the portal of the Mount Hope tunnel. CSXT 521 and its train of coal empties from the CSX/R.J. Corman interchange at Thurmond have... (more)

Westbound at track speed, BNSF 7399 leads a Z train down Tehachapi Pass into Bakersfield. The vintage Southern Pacific code line is still in use, with the SP Searchlights still guiding trains over... (more)

It's 8:16 pm in the still valley of Brounland as an eastbound Elk Run empty train rounds the bend, casting a silhouette on the remaining foliage. The near full moon is peaking through the increasi... (more)

Lonesome night at Prince.. Deep in the New River Gorge valley below, the silence is broken by a westbound coal train charging through the abandoned coal community outside of Beckley. The C&O Princ... (more)

The southern West Virginia coalfields are a busy place this morning as several local jobs and mine runs build their trains in the massive Williamson Yard.

After departing the loadout at Tom's Fork with 150 loads of export coal, the train encountered a broken/rolled rail near the mining community of 'Miami', where 13 of the 150 loads derailed. While ... (more)

A Pennsylvania E7 in crisp paint sits on display in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Is it 2011 or 1985? Throttling up after emerging from the St. Albans Tunnel, a former C&O SD40-2 leads a train of empty coal hoppers up the Coal River branch line, splitting the mast signals at CP... (more)

Fall peak in Rainelle. With NF&G empties winding their way over the scenic NF&G, this unique aerial perspective captures this years impressive fall color.

Slightly over three hours into the new month, a heavy loaded coal train slips on wet snow covered rail as it climbs the final of three stiff grades over the New River Subdivision from Gauley to Pr... (more)

The circus is in town! The final elephant of the Ringling Brothers Red Unit Tour slowly exits one of four animal cars. Special thanks go to the Ringling Bros. employees for allowing me to get this... (more)

Summertime in St. Albans.. Eastbound empties wait for the signal on a miserably humid summer evening.

The conductor holds on to a boxcar as they roll south onto RJ Corman territory in Thurmond, WV.

Full moon at Hawks Nest.. With some clouds associated with a storm front moving to the east, an eastbound streaks his way through the New River Gorge.

After being a nuisance to local residents for several years, they finally decided to remove the entire right of way that leads to their homes, and instead, replacing it with a gravel road. With No... (more)