Hilldale Hike: CSXT 3473 leads empty grain train CSX G626 westbound through Hilldale, West Virginia, as it makes a final push toward Hinton, West Virginia, along the CSX Alleghany Subdivision.

With some remaining fall colors in the background, manifest H750-08 heads east up the .41% grade through Hilldale, WV with a fresh AC44 rebuild on point.

Union Pacific #2001, one of two specially painted units to commemorate the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, leads CSXT G634-08 through Hilldale, Wv just after a fresh crew took over in Hinton, Wv.

The little engine that could. 96 loads of ethanol and 2 buffer cars on a .41 percent grade.

CSX train Q303 with one of Norfolk Southern's Heritage Units climbs at Hilldale in the mountains of West Virginia.

One of only 4 CSX SD70MAC's left in YN2 leads empty coal train U178 Westbound out of Big Bend Tunnel.

After catching this unit a week earlier on home rails, the Savannah & Atlanta Heritage Unit leads Westbound CSX freight Q303 out of Big Bend Tunnel at Hilldale, a few miles East of Hinton.

From the light into Darkness.

Westbound in the cold rain.

A red glow during the blue hour.

The C&O Cantilever stands guard for another night in Hilldale, under a swirling Summer sky.

CSXT 4 leads Q135 through Hilldale on a rainy fall afternoon. After the initial 3 unit purchase (9100, 9101, 9102) for testing by CSX in the June of 1994, former 9103 was the first unit produced ... (more)

The still active code line frames the big EMD as they hold for traffic.

A view from inside the West portal of Great Bend Tunnel. Home of the John Henry legend, the original bore at Bend Bend was completed in 1872, and served the C&O railway until being taken out of s... (more)

An Invisible Inferno. The 4 red aspects interacting with a heavy fog creates a blazing silhouette of a C&O cantilever at Hilldale. an 826 second exposure @ f5.0, ISO 200.