CSX 33 leads a Martin Shifter westbound up the Big Sandy around the sweeping horseshoe curve at Boldman, Ky. Once the site of several mines and loadouts, there's not much to find here today excep... (more)
51J hustles west up the Pokey main at Kermit, WV.
SB VAPX hoppers drop down Winchester Hill on a rare visit to to the KY Subdivision.
The Crooked Hill Helpers await the day's first southbound coal train to be shoved from Perth to Bourne on a foggy Saturday morning.
A Scotts Branch Shifter pulls double duty by shoving C661 up Miller's Creek grade into Coal Run Yard on the Coal Run Subdivision.
With a fresh crew and full fuel tanks, Q211-28 blast down the KD Sub and past the signals at Faber.
Although the KY Sub's Crooked Hill "officially" ends at Bourne North, trains continue to struggle up grade all the way to Bourne South. Here, U209-11 is caught with two AC's running wide open up ... (more)
Eastbound 281 blast past the old N&W signals at Bluefield, VA on her way to a crew change at the Bluefield, WV yards.
A former Conrail GE leans into the superelevated curves as it leads time-sensitive containers across Roundstone Creek just south of Conway, Ky on an unusually warm February afternoon.
Pusher power takes rest on the ready tracks at Shelby but will soon be shoving hard on the rear of another Extra South up to Dante, VA.
Eastbound on the Kanawha Subdivision, a mty hopper trains rolls under the approach to NS's huge Ohio River Bridge. In the background can be seen CSX's crossing of the Big Sandy River. The train ... (more)
A Triple Crown rolls to a stop in the siding at CP Delphi.
A former Conrail SD40-2 hold the main after meeting one at Rockfield, IN, just after daybreak.
SB under the signal bridge at Mason, KY.
Corbin Service Center to N262-09..."How's your power running?"...N262... "Like an old hound dog on a hot July afternoon."