Why do they call it Crooked Hill? SB N222 works uphill through the reverse curves near Hazel Patch, the worst is yet to come.

A mine run has just started flood loading at Bell County Coal's Hignite Loadout on the former L&N's Stoney Fork Branch.

SB CMIX loads pause for a 2:00 am crew change at Corbin, KY.

Q211 creeps SB down the KY at North Cabin the day after a major Kentucky snow storm.

NB operating down the Coal River Subdivision crosses Rock Creek in a light rain.

During a spring shower, a mine shifter out of Martin prepares to flood load at the Bate Branch mine on the E&BV Subdivision.

Eastbound U25 races a car through downtown Davy, WV. Moving at full track speed of 45 mph ( and maybe a touch more), my bet is on the coal train to finish in the money.

A mine run out of Corbin is flood loading at Clover on the Right Fork.

Lite power out of Russell rolls past HO Cabin into the yard at Huntington, WV.

CSX SD70ACe 4841 and SD70AC 4768 hold the main as they roll ELFX mtys north through the south end of Wofford Pass on the KD Sub. Hot SB intermodal Q141 is in the hole just out of sight to the rig... (more)

Mine run passing the abandonded Grundy Tipple heads for Weller Yard.

SB out of Ravenna on the EK Sub with 190 mty hoppers and 10 misc loads for Hazard.

A eastbound coal drag waits on helpers next to the old coaling tower at Farm, deep in the heart of the Appalachians.

EB up the Big Sandy on a snowy morning.

A transfer run out of John Sevier Yard climbs upgrade along Loves Creek.