CSXT 3421 and CSXT 3381 roll over the Cheat River in Rowlesburg WV. and will soon be in the eight notch of power shoving hard against C78424 as the train has already climbed the Newburg Grade, des... (more)

The local shuffles cars at Rowlesburg, WV. The engineer stated that they generally worked 4-5 days a week. Although the local typically used GP units, it had been assigned SD units since February ... (more)

An empty hoper train prepares to depart Rowlesburg, WV.

Cool Springs Park, a roadside attraction near Rowlesburg, West Virginia, has a huge collection of narrow gauge and standard gauge equipment, including a pair of 0-4-0s and four B&O cabooses. This... (more)

The Chessie era ended four years earlier, but there are still plenty of vestiges of the past in this scene at Rowlesburg.

We are in Rowlesburg, WV on Aug. 17, 1975 and an eastbound coal drag has reached the bottom of Cheat River Grade and is getting a roll on things for the climb up Cranberry. Back in the days of fr... (more)

An empty coal train approaches Rowlesburg after descending Cranberry Grade.

As soon as CSX 276 receives a clear indication, it will travel east to assist a train that had stalled on Cranberry Grade. In several hours, a devastating thunder storm will hit West Virginial kn... (more)

An interesting mix of EMD power eases eastbound coal down Cheat River Grade. The train will soon reach M&K Junction, where the steep climb to Terra Alta begins.

B&O I-12 "Wagon Top" caboose C-2452 was assigned to the M&K Local on August 19, 1974 when I shot it setting by the locomotive shop at M&K Junction.

B&O I-5 caboose No. C-2075 was assigned to work train service in Rowlesburg, WV when I shot this view of the logo on Aug. 17, 1975. If I recall correctly, within a couple years, it caught fire an... (more)

A westbound B&O light helper set was crossing the Cheat River and passing through Rowlesburg, WV on Oct. 21, 1978 as it headed to the rear of westbound manifest WI-35 to give it an assist up Cheat... (more)

A westbound B&O empty hopper train was backing off a cut of empty coal hoppers at M&K Junction for the next day's M&K Local on October 20, 1978. The building to the right is the shop where the he... (more)

A westbound B&O empty hopper train was slowing to make a set off at M&K Junction for the M&K Local on October 20, 1978. Later in the evening, an eastbound drag would stop and pick up the loads, l... (more)

Rowlesburg, WV 10/7/2010 - The tower operator's train sheet at MK Junction shows little action on the relatively quiet Mountain Subdivision of CSX. The tower is on borrowed time, just days before ... (more)