A neat looking A-B-A F7 set is seen at the Handley West Virginia yard in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

After close to three decades of absence, coal smoke filled the air over trains of black diamonds in January, 1985. Here an eastbound train powered by C&O 4-8-4 614 passes through Handley, West Vir... (more)

Steam returned to coal train service on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line during most of the month of January, 1985. C&O 4-8-4 614 pulled coal trains between Huntington and Hinton, West Virginia, wh... (more)

Less than a year old, consecutively numbered Chesapeake & Ohio SD50’s idle in the yard at Handley, West Virginia.

Amtrak F40 #266 leads the EB "Cardinal" past the yard at Handley, WV

EMD’s GP39 was a limited-production model, only penetrating the rosters of three railroads. Industrial Kennecott Copper bought one, shortline Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay purchased two, and Class 1... (more)

Only the train has changed (almost) – Take away the modern station sign and the wooden pole for communications equipment, and this scene has all of the exterior trappings of a classic train orde... (more)

The H875 crew is slowing to stop at Handley and will tie the train down. The crew brought the train down off the Cabin Creek Sub and a new crew will take it on east.

A empty coal train sits at Handley waiting for a crew in the last few minutes of evening light.

C&O GPs congregate at the engine terminal at Handley, WV in the spring if 1971.

2504 has been hanging around mostly on work trains for weeks now. 2504 has just made it to Handley after over a hour stop at Chelyan for a track crew to clear up at Handley. A crew member shown wo... (more)

CSX 425 waits at Handey for a recrew before heading up the Carbin Creek sub.

A coal train waits for a fresh crew by the Handley yard office. It is hard to imagine today that at one time, this was an important terminal of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. This yard office... (more)

Power for a westbound mine run is proceeding to the west end of Handley Yard on #20 Track on a hot and hazy August afternoon.

A small portion of the power at the engine terminal on this summer afternoon. Just six years later everything but the mainline, a couple of yard tracks, and the shell of the coaling tower would b... (more)