Coming around the bend alongside Right Fork Beaver Creek.
A loaded ballast train, rolls high above over Arnold Fork on the ole E&BV between Martin and Deane. Also, it's a delight to know a wide cab Dash 8 can also be seen in consist, which happens to be ... (more)
These days, The Bates Branch Loadout tends to be a storage yard for Track Maintenance Equipment.
Hazard mine run C840-18 crosses the West Fork trestle along the former Chesapeake & Ohio EB&V between Martin, KY and Deane, KY on a frigid January morning. "Chesapeake And Ohio" still g... (more)
Storage cars rot away at the inactive Bates Branch loadout deep in the C&O coalfields.
Not going anywhere for a while? It looks like this old Alco has been put out to pasture. The loadout in the background appears active, however.
During a spring shower, a mine shifter out of Martin prepares to flood load at the Bate Branch mine on the E&BV Subdivision.
