It's early on a January morning with a light dusting of snow on the ground as Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 22 begins the process of loading its coal train by shoving the cars towards the loader... (more)

With two cars left to be loaded, Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 22 shoves on the cut and slowly pushes it underneath the loader at Iron Senergy's Cumberland Coal Resources Mine in Kirby, Pennsylv... (more)

The seldom-shot Cumberland Mine coal shuttle heads back into the mine at Kirby to load up their train with coal. This 17 mile railroad, completely isolated from the national rail network, was deve... (more)

The Cumberland Mine is seen heading back to the mine at Mt Morris Road.

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a one-man operation. On each shift, one locomotive engineer serves as brakeman, conductor, engineer, coal loader, and unloader. Controlling his ... (more)

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a one-man operation. On each shift, one locomotive engineer serves as brakeman, conductor, engineer, coal loader, and unloader. Controlling his ... (more)

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - At the Cumberland Mine in southwestern Pennsylvania, coal is flood-loaded into 38 hoppers with black gold destined for overseas ports and southern power plants. It takes about ... (more)

The empty CMYX train has just rolled across bridge 2 and starts into the S-curve.

2 and a 1/2 hours after we left the mine we arrive back in Kirby for another load PA coal. Due to a recent discovery of Metallurgical coal this line might be seeing a increase in traffic in the ne... (more)

The Cumberland Mine is operated by Alpha Natural Resources and according to their web site has an annual capacity of approximately 7 million clean tons. The coal is shipped 17 miles from the Cum... (more)

A Bailey - Alicia turn arrives Bailey/Enlow Fork mine for loading.

Former Yankeetown Dock SD38-2 22 leads the Cumberland Mine loaded coal shuttle eastbound at MP 10.5. Both units now wear a scheme similar to the one that US Steel, previous owers of the line, had... (more)

Despite being completely isolated from the national rail network, the Cumberland Mine's track is very well maintained. This train is taking advantage of that fact, cannon-balling along at about 50... (more)

Originally a US Steel property, the Cumberland Mine is now owned by Foundation Coal. According to their website, the mine shipped seven million tons of coal in 2005, making it one of the top deep... (more)