The Spirit of Grafton unit leads H801-15 with roughly 35 loads of coal out of Rainelle, WV bound for Meadow Creek on the former NF&G.
With 50 loads in tow from Anjean, CSX 3016 leads H801 into Rainelle where it would drop the head 17 cars before heading down the mountain to Meadow Creek.
Threatening skies loom overhead while a severe storm passes to the west, as H801-09 is tied down on the Rupert Sub main at Rainelle Junction, waiting on a recrew to take the train over the hill to... (more)
H801 departs Rainelle with 38 loads of coal bound for Meadow Creek.
The small Town of Rainelle, WV is home to a beautifully restored Chessie System Caboose. This caboose sits just across from their town hall in a small "city park" of sorts.
Two of CSX’s ES44AHs, 764 and 783 sit at the “engine facility” at Rainelle, West Virginia. An ES44AH is an ES44AC that is ballasted to a greater weight for better pulling power under advers... (more)
H801 notches up on departure from Rainelle, and will be crossing US Route 60 (aka the Midland Trail) on its way to load at Anjean.
The spirit of Grafton rides the jointed rail of the Rupert Subdivision.
August 19, 1975 started hot, humid, and hazy and stayed that way all day long. I still remember how miserable it and the night before, camping in my truck along the C&O at McKendree, were. Mid-m... (more)
Meadow River #8 leading a log train arriving at the mill, Rainelle, WV, April 1971
Meadow River Lumber #6 at Rainelle, WV in the winter of 1962.
Meadow River Heisler #6 moving a crane to the shop in this winter 1961 view from Rainelle, WV.
Meadow River Lumber #6 working at Rainelle, WV in 1961.
Meadow River GE 70-ton #8 leading a short loaded train onto the Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier near Rainelle.
Meadow River Lumber #9 at Rainelle, WV, 4/71.
