U14 shoves towards Jamboree where they will load the system hopper train. Moves on this line have became even less and less common over time, down to only a couple a week.
Shoving up the Delorme Branch to Jamboree, U14 crosses over KY Route 632 and Right Fork Peter Creek in Phelps.
With the sun beginning to crest over the hills, NS U15 continues its short trip down the Delorme Branch on a cool March morning.
As the sun peaks over one of the many mountains in the Pocahontas region, NS mine run U15 from Jamboree, KY runs up the Delorme Branch toward the ex-N&W mainline. The train is a couple of curves s... (more)
After suffering electrical problems, mine run U14 out of Jamboree 5 crosses Peter Creek. U14 will wait for congestion on the Pokey to clear before crawling downhill another four miles to the main.
In the very last light of the day U18 slowly backs up the Delorme branch caboose leading toward Jamboree where it will load.
A mine run crosses the trestle spanning Peter Creek in rural Pike County Ky.
Passing over Peter Creek, U15 backs up to Jamboree and the Majestic Collieries coal loadout for the second unit train in two days. A caboose is on the "head" leading the backup move.
Floodloading requires a lot of patience. Check out the boot in the window.
Passing the shuttered Lodestar Energy Tipple, the caboose leads the way to the end of the Delorme Branch.
Classic railroading on the Pokey, a manned caboose and an N&W bridge logo!
