A CSX empty coal train climbs the Mountain Sub grade passing by "WS" Tower heading West. This tower was closed in 1987 and has sat rotting away since

A Chesapeake & Ohio SD40 leads an eastbound train of West Virginia coal past the depot at Tunnelton, West Virginia on Baltimore & Ohio’s St. Louis line.

After reaching the top of the first grade, N784 is at the top cruising at 30MPH until a few miles ahead they must reduce to 10MPH for the steep descent into Rowelsburg.

Another eastbound coal train rolls by the station at Tunnelton, WV with a C&O SD40 and two B&O SD35's for power.

It is March 20, 1976 and we are at West End, west of Tunnelton, WV at the top of Newburg Grade. It guess the best way to handle this is left to right. On the left is WS Tower, which controlled a... (more)

Four B&O SD35s begin the descent down Newburg Grade as they pass through West End, over the ridge (or through the tunnel) from Tunnelton, WV, on March 20, 1976. They are enroute to Hardman, where... (more)

the M&K helper pushes against 80 Eastbound loads at Kingwood Tunnel near the top of Newburg Grade.

CSX 139 leads empties past the former B&O depot at Tunnelton, WV. The track curving off to the left lead to an interchange with the West Virginia Northern Railroad. The railroad survived as a to... (more)

A WVN mine run was climbing out of a mine spur near Howesville, WV on August 18, 1975 with SW1200 No. 52 and NW2 No. 50.

The crew of a mine run were all on the ground looking at the results of a practical joke on the engineer. While working the B&O interchange at Tunnelton, one of the trainmen strapped about 10 tra... (more)

The climb on the WVN to to the B&O interchange at Tunnelton, WV was a brutal one and five or six loaded hoppers was the limit for the two switchers. On May 5, 1978, a mine run was struggling upgr... (more)

Eastbound Q316 passes the old B&O freight house in Tunnelton.

An ex-Conrail SD70MAC brings up the rear of an eastbound coal train as the M&K Helper shoves thru Tunnelton on the B&O's Newberg Grade.

A B&O whistle post blocks the moon as the headlights from an approaching train illuminates Kingwood tunnel.

An eastbound CSX coal drag nears the summit of Newburg Grade at Tunnelton, West Virginia, in the last light of a September evening. The two AC4400s on the point are assisted by two helpers on the ... (more)