Eastbound NS Train 118 passes through historic downtown Matewan, West Virginia with the Monongahela heritage unit leading. The track in the foreground was once the junction of the Pokey mainline t... (more)

Glazing the curve, NS 18W Slowly comes through the historic town of Matewan.

Constructed in 1976 by the Daniels Company, the Sprouse Creek loadout is seen with a former Southern EMD GP30 in the foreground after undergoing scrapping. This engine has been landlocked here for... (more)

Constructed in 1976 by the Daniels Company, the Sprouse Creek loadout is seen with a former Southern EMD GP30 in the foreground after undergoing scrapping. This engine has been landlocked here for... (more)

A pair of CP GE’s lead Eastbound NS 81W (6D4 under a re-symbol) across the new twin bridges, after a short dip into Kentucky, at Hatfield Tunnel just west of Matewan, WV.

A Westbound rolling through Matewan on a hot Sunday afternoon.

Eastbound Signal to Nowhere. Hidden in brush and overgrowth for years, a US&S CPL dwarf governing the end of ABS territory on the N&W Mate Creek Branch awaits it's fate. Located half a mile... (more)

Eastbound NS 52N pops out of the Main 2 Hatfield Tunnel just west of Matewan, across the new bridges over the Tug Fork, coming back into West Virginia after their very short jump into Kentucky, he... (more)

On a cold and dreary night, crossties with rails freshly pulled sit spread apart on the ROW of the former N&W Mate Creek Branch constructed off the Pocahontas District mainline to access coal mine... (more)

The times are a changing! An eastbound NS freight crosses from Kentucky back into West Virginia as they pass over one of the bridges whose days are numbered as work proceeds on replacing them

Taken inside the depot looking out at the Pokey main. This Depot replica is a great place to visit for local history.

Pouring on the smoke from the 3 older motors in the consist, 18M accelerates out of the slow order at Matewan with an SD60M leader.

The Virginian Heritage Unit leads Eastbound 188 by the Matewan Depot Replica.