Pinnacle Rock towers over MTY's being hauled back to Danville deep in the heart of Southern West Virginia.
The eastbound Q696 sits clear of a couple of grade crossings, as he waits to meet a westbound, coming off of the single main.
With an S612 waiting for a new crew on track 2, M707 traverses the s-curve at Bell Street as it makes its way off the Prattville Branch and on to the S&NA yard.
U241 crawls past us just south of Calera.
E782 snakes through the S curves just west of Salisbury Jct. When you see a slow moving westbound hopper train on #2 track, it's a good bet that he's destined for the Salisbury Sub.
E782 backs down the Salisbury Sub, crossing the Casselman River on this venerable 1897 truss bridge.
E782's power pauses at the Shaw Mine loadout.
E782 positions their train at Shaw Mine, the only customer remaining on this branch which at one time followed the Casselman River into Maryland.
A long string of mtys are stopped at the C&O signals protecting the West End of Dock siding. The train is waiting on a Bill Creek Shifter to pull out of the siding and cross over with loads for t... (more)
East bound West Olive (CSCX) mtys rumble over the Coal River Bridge at the east end of Dock bound for loading at Toms Fork on the Cabin Creek Subdivision.