A few miles outside of Waynesburg, 579 rolls through the woods with a 110 car SEFX coal train.

I was getting ready to walk back to the car as the shadows crept towards the track, but N21 showed up moments before the entire scene went to shade.

Looking much like a company photo freight, a matching trio of ES40s and brand new hoppers descend the Manor Branch with coal from Bailey Mine. Unmoooooved by the NS train, a group of cows continu... (more)

Halloween morning begins with a loaded coal train working downgrade on the Manor Branch. It's just past 8:30 and the sun is slowly rising over the hills in Greene County.

The MGA's Super Sevens are long gone, but coal traffic remains brisk on the former Monongahela.

In an autumnal setting, a pair of catfish lug a train of empties on the former Monongahela's Waynesburg Southern. It's a chilly morning, and evidence of the season's second frost is visible in th... (more)

Southbound empties cross the trestle at Buzz, one of two tall bridges on the Waynesburg Southern. The other one is at Pine Bank, a few miles to the south.

Dash 9s on stilts. An empty train enters the short branch to Blacksville #2 at Wana Jct., just north of the PA/WV state line.

9804 hangs a right, beginning its trip around the balloon track at Blacksville #2.

Just south of the loadout, a CSX coal train waits to load at Eastern Associated's Federal #2 in Northern West Virginia.

Freshly mined coal from Bailey gets underway as the head end power digs in for the steep climb to the summit.

NS helpers bring up the rear of a CSX coal drag. Having already crested the summit of the Manor Branch, this pair of GEVOs will soon cut off and return towards Bailey for their next shove.

This former Yankeetown Dock locomotive has been repainted by its current owner. It's a retro paint scheme - just like the one used by US Steel but without the USS logo and Cumberland Mine letteri... (more)

Originally a US Steel property, the Cumberland Mine is now owned by Foundation Coal. According to their website, the mine shipped seven million tons of coal in 2005, making it one of the top deep... (more)

One of the most obscure railroads in the country, the Cumberland Mine RR is completely isolated from the rest of the rail network in the US. It has one purpose - shuttling coal from a mine near K... (more)