There's not much else going on in Keyser today as an 80 car coal drag slips past the old yard.

517 and friend front a long line of empty hoppers, waiting for crew on an east freight track. Left of them is a 55 car loaded ballast train with two AC44's on each end, the power needed for 17 mil... (more)

129 is stopped, waiting to move back to drop off seven cars on the storage track, while Burro Crane CSX 9511 and the track gang replace a switch. The CPL signal bridge over the train is on borrowe... (more)

Local power laying over at the west end of Keyser yard with the new signals that replaced Z Tower.

This old timer is taking a break from tie-train service on Sunday morning, tied down on the east freight track until Monday morning.

Helper set 517 and 539 rest in back of a string of empty hoppers ready to go west. They will get a crew and pull out on the main, head west and help a coal haul up to the power plant at Mt Storm.

On a quiet Sunday morning, all was at rest..until I took this last photo. Soon 517and 539, unseen back of 517, a helper set, will get a crew, and the Burro crane will get an operator. The standin... (more)

This MOW train is tied down on the east end of the eastbound siding. To the left of it you see a loaded ballast train.

CSX work train patiently awaits the next call at the yard in Keyser

CSX work train patiently awaits the call for duty

EX Western Maryland 39, now to be George's Creek 39 waits at West Keyser for delivery to the George's Creek Railway at Beryl. Damaged in the fire at Knox and Kane, looks like the boys at GCK are... (more)

This old fella is parked this evening in the West Yard, after a day of dropping ties on 17 Mile grade. She'll be hard at work in the morning, on the grade again.

Here in mellow late day light, narrow nosed 7500 looks good for her age, here leading Q317 into the Keyser Yard, where they will set off fourteen cars and continue west to Grafton and points beyon... (more)

2629 shuffles towards us, pushing (slowly) a bad order car. She's moving it from the north side of the yard to the south side, so that the shop boys can replace all four wheelsets. Check the wheel... (more)

A part of history is erased from the earth. CSX crews demolish the Z tower in Keyser. the 104 year old tower put up one heck of a fight though. It took the crews 2 days to get the tower on the gro... (more)