Amtrak 50, the eastbound Cardinal, is running about six hours late this date after having equipment issues in Chicago the night before. The C&O cantilever signal is showing an approach signal for ... (more)

There's not many C&O R2 signals left in service and only this one controlling movements on the original C&O mainline that I'm aware of. The rest are scattered between the West Virginia coal... (more)

CSX M653 manifest (Russell, KY to Rocky Mount, NC) works the Russell Yard, by an old C&O relic, on a hot summer day.

Responder Incident Training (RIT) Program locomotive and train sits at Russell Yard. 343 is the number of firefighters that perished in the 9/11 attacks.

Leading their first road train after coming out of CSX's Huntington shops on an engineering test run, a pair of ET23DCM's power the R207 local as it arrives in Russell, Kentucky and is routed into... (more)

A lineup of Norfolk Southern and CSX engines sits patiently at the Progress Rail shop in Russell, Kentucky, contemplating their next chapter. Among them, the last of the SD80MACs awaits either a r... (more)

Running under the last ever C&O R2 on the Kanawha Subdivision, CSX C317 creeps' underneath.

A pair of GE's lead CSX empty coal train E908 as it departs from Russell Yard in Russell, Kentucky for a trip to Martin. One of the last C&O cantilevers on the Kanawha Subdivision stands guard at ... (more)

Just happened to be in town to look at a bunch of retired locomotives for sale. Caught this train on a break. Little money, great fringe benefits.

Originally SCL, later SBD.

A pair of CSX GP's work the west end of CSX's Russell Yard in Russell, Kentucky on a fall afternoon, blocking cars for the manifest freights that originate from this terminal. In the background, c... (more)

Just a week old after a rebuild at CSX's Huntington Heavy Repair Shops and wearing a new scheme to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Operation Lifesaver, CSX SD70MACe 4568 leads manifest M316 as... (more)

Amtrak's Cardinal bursts out of the fog that has settled along the Ohio River, passing the last C&O Cantilever along this route.