With some remaining fall colors in the background, manifest H750-08 heads east up the .41% grade through Hilldale, WV with a fresh AC44 rebuild on point.

Union Pacific #2001, one of two specially painted units to commemorate the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, leads CSXT G634-08 through Hilldale, Wv just after a fresh crew took over in Hinton, Wv.

The little engine that could. 96 loads of ethanol and 2 buffer cars on a .41 percent grade.

CSX train Q303 with one of Norfolk Southern's Heritage Units climbs at Hilldale in the mountains of West Virginia.

NS' Savannah & Atlanta heritage SD70ACe leads CSX Q303 west through Hilldale, W.Va., on CSX's Alleghany Subdivision east of Hinton.

One of only 4 CSX SD70MAC's left in YN2 leads empty coal train U178 Westbound out of Big Bend Tunnel.

After catching this unit a week earlier on home rails, the Savannah & Atlanta Heritage Unit leads Westbound CSX freight Q303 out of Big Bend Tunnel at Hilldale, a few miles East of Hinton.

From the light into Darkness.

Westbound in the cold rain.

A red glow during the blue hour.

The C&O Cantilever stands guard for another night in Hilldale, under a swirling Summer sky.

CSXT 4 leads Q135 through Hilldale on a rainy fall afternoon. After the initial 3 unit purchase (9100, 9101, 9102) for testing by CSX in the June of 1994, former 9103 was the first unit produced ... (more)

With the exhaust rolling out of the tunnel and a draft pushing out of the west portal of Big Bend Tunnel, 2 GE's and 150 empties are just seconds from busting out of the 6188 ft. Big Bend Tunnel, ... (more)

The still active code line frames the big EMD as they hold for traffic.

A light snow the night before has allowed the four red signals at Hilldale to reflect a vibrant red cast onto the ground, as a star filled sky silhouettes the C&O cantilever that will soon see its... (more)