Amtrak 50 has just completed the 10MPH speed restriction over the Hawks Nest Bridge as she negotiates the New River Gorge. The train is on time this morning, a rarity for this time of year when ex... (more)

The Eastbound Cardinal crosses the New River at Hawks Nest.

An evening haze has formed in the NRG as westbound empties head for the coalfields.

One of the United States premier Fall foliage excursion trains snakes its way through the New River Gorge at Hawks Nest. The sold out train with 28 passenger cars from all around the country and a... (more)

The CPH New River Train winds its way East Along Hawks Nest Lake with 3 locomotives, 28 cars, and over 1500 people aboard.

The 2010 CP Huntington New River Train crosses it's namesake at Hawks Nest, heading East. The C&O PV Chapel Hill brings up the rear. Very fitting.

Eastbound loads make an unusual move on number one track through the Hawks Nest Gorge. In the bottom left of the frame, notice a small lizard basking in the afternoon warmth.

Meet in the gorge.. Westbound grain empties creep over the trestle in the valley of Ansted while an eastbound snakes up hill in the background. Meets like this are uncommon along the former C&O ... (more)

Amtrak P050, the eastbound Cardinal crosses over the C&O trestle in the valley of Ansted.

The eastbound Amtrak Cardinal snakes through the New River Gorge providing New York bound passengers a beautiful view of Appalachia.

As a severe storm brews up trouble in the background, westbound empties glide downhill in dynamics through the beautiful Hawks Nest gorge. Photo taken at 10mm wide.

Westbound empties glide downhill through the beautiful and photogenic New River Gorge.

Eastbound coal loads grind up hill in the beautiful Hawks Nest Gorge.

On time Amtrak train 50, the Cardinal, rolls east on the C&O with the fog having just lifted enough to give its passengers a view of the New River Gorge.

A cold morning at Hawks Nest. One Hundred and Fifty empty hoppers, and two locomotives round the sharpest curve on the old C&O at 10 mph.