Inside the art deco inspired Prince, West Virginia Amtrak station. Here you can see the tile Chessie system logo that is part of the floor.

Hoppers get loaded on a side track in CSX's yard just outside of Prince, West Virginia.

The lobby of the Prince train station was like stepping into a time machine and going back 60 years. According to the N.P.S. volunteer at the Thurmond Depot the Prince brothers gave this station t... (more)

CSX P937, the annual "New River Train", rolls eastbound through Prince, located deep within the scenic New River Gorge. Despite being a couple weeks into October, not a lot of color has shown yet ... (more)

The Westbound Cardinal is boarding six passengers on a snowy night at Prince.

Just before 6pm, Q303 passes the former C&O platform at Prince during a light snowfall. A 1/2 second exposure @ f3.5, ISO 1600

A place that time forgot. Not much has changed here at the Amtrak Station in Prince WV. It still sports its heritage in the from of a C&O sign on the outside. Today, a young mother and child use ... (more)

Agent Marvin Plumley checks paperwork for Amtrak's Cardinal at the ticket window in Prince, West Virginia. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway opened the Art Deco station in 1946 to serve nearby ... (more)

Two workers lead Amtrak's westbound Cardinal into the station at Prince, West Virginia, due to signal problems on CSX's New River Subdivision.

The Amtrak Cardnal rolls into the station at Prince WVa.

In the 60s just prior to the arrival of the second generation locomotives. It was possible to see up to 50 GP9s in one day in the New River Valley. This C&O line to Newport News was like a virtual... (more)

Having just completed work at Quinnimont, CSX Q303 eases past the station platform at remote Prince, WV, during a late afternoon deluge.

An eastbound coal train is passing the active Amtrak station at Prince, West Virginia. Amtrak train 50 is about two hours late and will stop here in an hour and a half.

I never seem to have much luck on the C&O, perhaps because it seems like most of the trains run at night.