Not quite death...CSX 8812 is one of a line of SD40-2s stripped down to their frame and cab and lined up in Huntington. I believe these are going on to the GE repowered project CSX is undergoing.

Three cabooses on the Durbin and Greenbrier Railroad sit at the Durbin station after the return trip powered by 3-Truck Heisler steam locomotive number 6. The last two cabooses were picked up on t... (more)

Riding in the open air flat car right behind the Steam 3-Truck Heisler Durbin Rocket number 6 was quite an experience, including looking down at the couplers as we "highballed" north at ... (more)

Fall trees color the hills of West Virginia as the Durbin Rocket number 6 brings train 100 towards the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure.

CSX empties roll south past the C&O signals at Ranger on their way to Peach Creek

A Kanawha River Railroad crew eases across the trestle at Sweeneysburg,WV bringing Norfolk Southern empties north to be loaded at Quincey utilizing the old Virginian Princeton - Deepwater District... (more)

End of Track - the sign says it all! The once busy Alma Branch to the Sprouse Creek prep plant is now just a stub off the Pokey mainline and has been removed beyond the grade crossing ahead as nat... (more)

With the Pumpkin Patch train out of the way, the 'Frostburg Flyer' train begins making their way toward Cumberland to board the sould out trip, and head up the mountain.

CR ACs By MX. On Sunday, October 23, 2022 CSX G620-22 came through the yard in Hinton, West Virginia with matched SD70ACs CSXT 4575 (née-CR 4130, SD70MAC, 4/1998) and CSXT 4582 (née-CR 41... (more)

Fall is in the air(and on the ground, in the creeks) as the Bald Knob excursion returns to Cass.

The crew looks ahead at the Durbin Rocket speeds home.

4001 leads a westbound pusher set at Welch WV. They are heading to Farm just a couple miles to the west, where they will couple onto the rear of an eastbound coal train and push it up the Elkhorn ... (more)

Working far from home, UP 6826 and 5455 are in Pusher Service on the Norfolk Southern Pocahontas District. They are running westbound at Welch WV just about to enter the east portal of Welch Tunne... (more)

The new PTC signals are in place but not yet functional as NS 8448, former Conrail 6282, rolls a westbound freight through Vivian Bottom West Virginia on the NS Pocahontas District.