Another load of black diamond's roll of "The Poor Fork Branch" of CSX's Cumberland Valley Subdivision, while rolling past the long abandon switch tower, that once controlled movement's i... (more)

Passing under the former C&O signal bridge at "Bobs" in Thelma, KY, CSX Train L201 hauls a string of mixed freight through the quiet Appalachian landscape.

Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

I kinda wish this railroad had lasted longer. Nice paint on locos and IMHO the best looking coal hoppers ever. One of my favorite GEs back before EPA stifled that beautiful exhaust sound. Hey, ... (more)

L201 is the only remaining "westbound" through freight on the Big Sandy Subdivision while the Clinchfield continues to be reconstructed following severe damage from 2024's Hurricane Hele... (more)

M692 making its way down the Big Sandy through Kentucky in golden hour, After a long day of waiting for trains the last couple hours of the day sure made up for it as we caught a couple of trains ... (more)

A former Western Maryland unit is leading the inbound "Lynch" coal train with US Steel hoppers.

Summertime and an ex L&N unit in an early paint scheme is bringing a coal train over another departure track to head north.

In the dying light of an autumn day, heading a short executive train, the head unit, originally CRR, is in one of its many subsequent liveries. Long may she reign.

A nice looking L&N restoration rests on the wye as a former CSX switcher rolls past sounding a horn of a collector during the Horns in the Holler event.

A lone unit rolls down The Rockhouse between Martin and Hazard. More than likely, this is the helper that shoves loaded coal trains from Hazard to Martin going in Southbound direction. This is nea... (more)

Mine run R233 rolls through the small community of Maytown during it's daily journey between Martin and Hazard, with a string of empty GALX hoppers in tow.

CSXT 3065 leads a northbound ethanol train past the big C&O cantilever at Dawkins. The Big Sandy Sub is a great line to try and net these ethanol trains on as CSX funnels them from the north down ... (more)

CSXT 844 pulls its train through Hazard as it passes some old L&N searchlight signals. Although the EK Sub is dead along most of the line, the southern portion still has an active load out that tr... (more)

CSXT 844 brings empties west through the kudzu covered curve at Edjouet. In the background is a set of L&N searchlights that once littered the line until flooding took most of them out along the R... (more)