C&O 3888 rolls off the end of 20 track. Failure to set a handbrake was blamed as the cause.

Conductor L. Hubbard eyes the ice build up on Hill 6 that would later prove to be problematic when covered with snow.

Pausing at the crossing as the snow flies and the GMRY 70 sits in the unofficial 'dead line'.

Never a dull moment. On August 25, 2008 we were told to remove a string of six older interplant boxcars from the coal track for scrap. They'd been in there for several years and the track was comp... (more)

A pair of C&O U-boats hold down Pit 2 in the early evening.

Straight GP40s were hard to find on CSX in 2004. This ex-SCL unit was having an identity crisis with it's old paint showing through and a battery door from a former B&O unit.

Left to rot until being scrapped on site in 2014.

While pulling out of the Smart Paper mill on a wet winter day, we connected at the crossing with the blue car shown here. A slow speed impact, but not a good feeling. Driver wasn't injured, but I'... (more)

Unit is ex-PRR 9169

It's beginning to look a lot like Spring! CSX Q501 gets its turn to head down the New Castle District behind CSXT 565 and CSXT 87 with a shorter-than-normal cargo load. It's counterpart train, CSX... (more)

The NS OCS picks up speed after passing through downtown Hamilton, OH on CSX trackage.

A decent set of YN2 locomotives are in charge of Louisville, KY auto train Q231, with the 2nd of the two being an Ex Conrail SD40, as the train breaks through the thick lining of brush in the Hami... (more)

A former Clinchfield SD40, dressed in faded SP paint, leads a plethora of units on the Lima, Ohio based local J783, many of which were dropped off as a power transfer for its final destination of ... (more)

A sight that is no longer possible in this area is Norfolk Southern's Triple Crown roadrailer service, which saw two trains between Atlanta and Detroit, six times a week. While it was a neat and ... (more)

An ex Conrail SD40-2 and C40-8W are in charge of steel train K514 as makes it's way back to Ashland, KY. Check out the nose of the lead unit as well. Perhaps a bad batch of paint?