A string of Top Gons exits the Glen Alum tunnel on the way to a mine run up one of the many branches along this remote section. The face of the tunnel will soon be changing with the coming of the ... (more)

The face of Glen Alum tunnel will soon change as the Heartland Corridor project gets underway, if it ever does. Redbuds cling to the face as a coal drag roars out at dusk.

Crawling up the Briar Mountain Branch with mtys for the coal loadout, mine run U20 and crew throw up a friendly wave. As shown, the branch cuts off amongst cliffs and is twisty throughout.

Complete with NS brakestick and American flag, coal drag 81W bursts out of Glen Alum tunnel and runs along the slide fence.

Better get a good look at Glen Alum tunnel before the Heartland Corridor project begins. Mine run U23 backs up and will soon head up the Briar Mt. Br on the other side with two motors on the head ... (more)

This crew is proudy displaying an American flag in the window of this spartan cab dash 9.

An NS conductor hand throws the switch to the Briar Mtn. Br. Note the old masonary work holding up the cliffs. The train is going to load a "Met" coal train.

A fresh load of HUMVEEs enter the Glen Alum Tunnel on their way to the middle east.

Two old NW cabooses still in minerun service sit on the Glen Alum center siding, as grain train 57K rushes by and illuminates them late at night. There was plenty of nightlife out along the Tug at... (more)

With the moon rising over Pike County KY on the other side of the Tug River, a lonely old NW caboose sits in the center siding at Glen Alum on the WV side of the Tug. Quite a beautiful but yet spo... (more)

A loaded coal drag rushes east with the tailend still passing thru the Glen Alum tunnel around the curve. Old NW cabooses are still in use and plentiful on this remote section of the Pokey due to ... (more)

These old N&W cabs are still a common sight on mine runs in the WV coalfields. These two are being lit up by a passing coal drag on a cold but clear night along the Pokey.

It's one at a time today at Glen Alum as signal crews hold the other main around the bend.

A light snow provides a great backdrop as a daily freight exits the east portal of Glen ALum Tunnel.

A thick fog settles in along the Tug Fork as the new signals at Glen Alum give off a soft red glow while a coal train eases around the curve.