The conductor in charge of over a hundred cars of Kentucky black diamonds guides CSX T090 over the switch at the lower end of Hagans switchback, preparing to break the train so they can navigate ... (more)

Eastman bound loads leave Hagan Yard on a crisp Fall morning.

CSXT 96 exits the Hagan Tunnel and passes by the tunnel protection signal on a brisk October day.

C201 helper set backs toward the 2nd leg of the switchback.

CSXT 477 is about to enter the Hagan Yard limits with the majority of their train still inside the Hagan Tunnel and a good portion of that still in Harlan County, KY. This is an empty train bound... (more)

The CSX southbound empty coal train exits Hagan tunnel and passes the tunnel protection signal at Smiley, to my surprise CSXT 477 was in the lead and the designation painted on the side was C40-8W... (more)

A MoPac caboose brings up the rear of a northbound empty hopper train at Smiley, Virginia. The cab was utilized to aid in negotiating Hagans Switchback.

Only the 2nd recorded Tier 4 CSX locomotive to show up at the Hagan Switchback with the other being in 2015, this 3286 leads the Brice NC bound stone train into the switchback at dusk on a hot sum... (more)

A southbound unit coal train rolls out of Hagans Tunnel. The train will have to negotiate Hagans Switchback before it can continue its journey.

Lee Freyer and crew eases down toward the first leg of the Hagan Switchback.

CSX coal loads from Benedict, VA to Corbin, KY for a crew change then south on the KD sub from there.

CSXT 341 passes by the Hagan Tunnel protection signal just as the signal changes from green to red

A southbound coal train on the CSX CV Subdivision is rolling upgrade on the middle track of the Hagans Switchback. With the pushers leading the way upgrade, the head end will clear the switch and ... (more)

Conductor Larry May throws the switch to allow for a South movement for this pusher set to go to Pennington to push a loaded Benedict train back north to Corbin, KY.

CSXT 3142 appears out of the dark shadows having just exited the Hagan Tunnel. Little did I know at the time that would be the last train until the one that is expected later today from the recent... (more)