A CSX train of 102 empty hoppers dashes through the snow left by Winter Storm Octavia through the Robinson Creek community south of Pikeville. The train, en route to load at Myra, Ky., was the fir... (more)

The waning mid-Fall sunlight greets a KCS Southern Belle leading home-road power and a modest time freight across the famed trestle at Coopers, W.Va., on the NS Pocahontas Division.

Splashes of fall color enhance the breathtaking view from Stateline Overlook within Breaks Interstate Park as a southbound CSX coal train passes through Stateline Tunnel in the depths of the "... (more)

The CSX track geometry train passes through Pikeville and a few remaining hints of vibrant fall color along the Big Sandy Subdivision. The train also has CSX's newest piece of hardware, a rebuilt ... (more)

A northbound empty hopper train glides onto the CSX Big Sandy Subdivision at Elkhorn City as it approaches the humble Elkhorn City Railroad Museum and its outdoor collection of relics from railroa... (more)

An eastbound manifest train eases into Shelby Yard the morning after heavy rains soaked the region.

The 2011 CSX Santa Train eases into Dante, Va., greeted by a large and eager crowd awaiting their first glimpse of Santa Claus on the rear of the train.

Norfolk Southern's Virginian heritage engine shoves against a long string of empty hoppers as it push-pulls its train back to Wentz to flood load. The bright, although grimy, yellow livery contras... (more)

NS 8114 passes over Bootleg Trestle, just west of Natural Tunnel State Park.

Norfolk Southern's Interstate Railroad heritage unit passed under the CSX Kingsport Subdivision at Speers Ferry on its maiden revenue run. Young railfan Hunter Richardson shoots video of the scene... (more)

Foam on the water! Railfans take to the river to get a shot of the Santa Train crossing the curved bridge at Clinchco.

A typical fall morning in Appalachia finds westbound empties passing through the Pikeville Cut-Through. The Big Sandy River peacefully flows below the former C&O mainline.

An outbreak of arson-ignited forest fires burned for weeks in Eastern Kentucky in early spring and threatened lives and property, including this Myra Shifter. Wind-fueled flames up to 20 feet tall... (more)

An eastbound, one-unit-wonder manifest rolls through quiet Greenup, KY, and under a former C&O signal bridge, bound for the classification yard at Russell

Eastbound grain train G888 crosses the impressive Limeville Bridge over the Ohio River into Kentucky on the former C&O, approximately three hours after departing Columbus.