The whine of dynamic brakes echos through the Breaks Interstate Park as empty DKPX train E758-17 (Terrell - Bailey Mine) crosses Clinchfield’s iconic Pool Point Trestle behind a pair of CW44’s... (more)

With a new crew that took over for the crew that loaded the first 2 cuts of this train, a mine run starts loading the final of 3 cuts of a train destined for a power plant in South Carolina. The ... (more)

Forty five years since the Alcos. This weekend was a safari to catch the last of them. Long lines of all types were stored in Corbin, most to never run again. But we did find these two kicking ... (more)

Empties bound for the coal fields pass an array of modern and old signaling equipment at the west end of the former Louisa siding.

Lead by AC4400CW's #581 & #146, CSX loaded coal train C304 crosses the Russell Fork in Elkhorn City, KY headed for Cross, South Carolina.

We are in good stealth. At this point the slugsets were just being deployed, now they seem to be going away. Having ridden in one, I liked the slugs, almost like an electric.

R296 crosses Ky route 7 along Rockhouse Creek at VG 272 in the community of Letcher.

CSX company hoppers roll railroad west beneath the Chesapeake & Ohio signal bridge at Bobbs, loaded with coal from Blue Diamond’s Leatherwood complex.

R234 crosses Ky 7 on the outskirts of the small community of Blackey, at OVG 269.12 along The Rockhouse.

A duo of YN3 painted AC4400's bring SCWX loads southbound through the control point at North (West) Marrowbone siding, still guarded by C&O R2's.

CSX C321 for Cross, South Carolina finds a sun pocket at Coal Run Junction on the Big Sandy Sub passing the original C&O installed R2's.

CSX C379 heads south with coal loads for Brice, North Carolina passing through the crossover at control point "Dawkins" east of Paintsville on the Big Sandy Sub.

C209 has finished doubling up their train out of Shelby and proceed west along the Big Sandy Subdivision - one the last holdouts for classic C&O signals.

3 Years Ago Today.....Up And Out Early. The return of "The Santa Train" for 2022 was greeted with the CSX Office Car Train in its Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) tribute paint for... (more)

Fresh out of the CSX Huntington SD70MACe rebuild program, CSX 4714 leads manifest freight M692 as it heads up the Big Sandy Subdivision. The train splits the pair of C&O bracket signals outside of... (more)