An empty coal train out of Shelby Yard is bound for loading off this SV&E Sub. The SV&E (Sandy Valley and Elkhorn) is a short 17 miles branchline that runs out of Shelby Yard off the Big Sandy Sub... (more)

A loaded 2x2 DP'd coal train out of Bailey Mine on the ex-Monongahela in Pennsylvania to a power plant in Terrell, NC, begins the next leg of the trip from Shelby to Kingsport. A crew cabbed out o... (more)

5897,6189 is working the yard.

Almost looks like they are saying fill me up. As late as 70's or early 80's I recall a C&O employee pulling on the water column at Shelby and water actually came out of it. I was surprised to se... (more)

In the mid 80's mother and slugs sets started showing up.

With the conductor back on board, westbound empty train T360-16 begins their journey up the former Chesapeake & Ohio Big Sandy Subdivision towards Russell, passing the C&O cantilevers at Fords Bra... (more)

An eastbound coal train ties down at the east end of Shelby Yard on a humid May evening.

Having been fueled and sanded await the next call by the 300 ton coal dock now used to hold sand instead of coal From my slide collection. Photo by Mark Clark

From my slide collection. Photo by Mark Clark

One of the few with a steam generator . In the back ground was one of many truck tipple mines that was beside the engine terminal back then. From my slide collection. Photo by Mark Clark

Kicking cars in the yard. From my slide collection. Photo by Mark Clark

With the first order of CSX C40-8s showing up in the "stealth" scheme, it sure was nice to see the second order dressed in "bright future." New CSX C40-8s No's. 7640 and 7632 head up westbound ma... (more)

For those of us that endured the CSX "stealth" era, this paint scheme provided us with the first glimmer of hope that all was not lost. On Oct. 21, 1990, CSXT No. 8436 was one of three SD40-2s ba... (more)

The engineer notches the throttle and pulls a cut of coal cars as he makes up a train to take to Russell Ky.

Miracles do happen. These western visitors were spotted as they entered into Shelby as they were bringing loads of WB coal off of the SV&E Sub.