Back in Conrail days, the West Virginia Secondary was comparatively humming. So much so, that they installed a siding in Carpenter for helpers to duck into between shoving coal trains up the line.... (more)

The first snow of the season is gripping the trees, lighting up the scene in Carpenter as 381 heads for Columbus.

An ex-NS SD60 rattles the few remaining windows of the old Carpenter general store as snow starts to pick up.