Alleghany Ascents: AMTK 331, a new charger, leads the eastbound Cardinal out of the Alleghany Tunnel, as it passes a loaded coal train on track one on the left side of the frame. The elevation of... (more)

It's a couple minutes 'til 1 am on the early morning hour of Dec. 8, 2011, as two locomotives and 150 empty hoppers bound for the coalfields of southern West Virginia approach Alleghany Summit, th... (more)

Westbound coal empties round the bend at Alleghany, Va., silhouetting Chesapeake & Ohio's 'A' Cabin westbound on the mainline to Hinton. Soon, the 150-car empty train will enter Alleghany Tunnel, ... (more)

CSXT GE ES40DC #5223 is leading a 4 unit consist pulling a grain unit train past the former Chesapeake and Ohio tower in Alleghany, Virginia.

Westbound CSX GP 40 (B&O 4008) is at A Cabin at Alleghany summit about to enter the tunnel.

Like many railfans, I find myself constantly torn over the endless forward march of technology in the rail industry. One the one hand, its the sign of strong, modern industry. But on the other han... (more)

Q302 with 9018 leading fights there way through the heavy snowfall heading for Clifton Forge, VA.

With over a foot of fresh snow a eastbound coal train crawls up the grade. Passing by the famous A Cabin in a scene that has played out thousands of times since the cabin was built.

'A' Cabin in the snow.

On time, Amtrak's Cardinal operates at track speed with ease through the S curves, east of C&O's 'A' Cabin. Destined for Clifton Forge, and points east, by dusk, Amtrak's Cardinal will be north ea... (more)

Westbound on the C&O main, CSX manifest freight Q303 passes a rock cut deep in the Appalachian Mountains, west of Clifton Forge.

On a 'picture' perfect autumn morning, eastbound high priority intermodal, CSX Q130 glides through the S curves east of Alleghany Tunnel, on its super ID crew run from Russell to Clifton Forge.

Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal has just exited the Alleghany Tunnel, eastbound on the C&O mainline from Hinton to Clifton Forge. This is the highest point elevation on the C&O between Hinton and Clif... (more)

A Cabin stands valiantly in the early morning sun as the fog begins to lift at Alleghany.

A pair of relatively clean AC440's lead a 100 loads of 'black diamond' over the Summit of the Alleghanies at C&O's famous "A Cabin" at 11:07pm. Serving as one of C&O's more unique interlockings, A... (more)