RJ Corman EMD's shove hard on the rear of fresh coal loads bound for the CSX at Thurmond. It took them three attempts to get these 50 loads up the grade out of Pax.

A trio of RJ Corman SD's (SD40-2 & two SD40T-2's) are in run 8 shoving on the rear of 55 coal loads uphill from the loadout at Pax,WV. They wouldnt make it much further until they stalled and woul... (more)

Fall colors return to Loup Creek... A pair of R.J. Corman tunnel motors are at a crawl of less than 1 MPH as they pull 10 loads of export coal out of the Pax loadout, uphill toward Mount Ho... (more)

A six pack of NS leased EMD SD60s lead 100 empties across the former Virginian Princeton-Deepwater District as they enter Pax on rails now used by Watco's Kanawha River Railroad.

Empty CSX coal hoppers arrice at the Pax loadout during a heavy snow squall.

Very heavy snowfall creates a dream like world as CSX 5006 comes through the tunnel of trees near Pax, West Virginia.

One of the first locomotives delivered in the 2011 order of NS SD70ACe's, NS 1009 leads a southbound loaded NS U92 through Pax, enroute to Mullens along the former Virginian.

NS 1009 makes a stop at Pax to pickup a new crew.

Passing the Pax Branch Baptist Church, both R.J. Corman tunnel motors have successfully shoved 70 loads over the grade leaving Pax, enroute to Thurmond to interchange with CSX.

Shoving 70 car loads of coal toward Mt. Hope, a pair of R.J. Corman tunnel motors assist two CSX GE's on the head end. Once making it over the summit, the train will glide downhill into Mt. Hope, ... (more)

Struggling up grade near Pax, a pair of AC4400's lead 70 cars toward Mt. Hope on the RJ Corman Loup Branch Creek.

Passing the Pax Branch Baptist Church, two CSX AC's return to the loadout at Pax to retrieve 70 loads of coal before departing toward the CSX interchange at Thurmond. The engines have just set out... (more)

Outside of Pax and approximately 15 miles from Thurmond, eastbound empties near the completion of their trek up the scenic Loup Creek Branch operated by R.J. Corman.