A pair of helpers emerge from Kingwood Tunnel, rolling past the long-abandoned West End tower on the famed B&O West End in the last, glorious light of the day.
Freshly painted #542 leads a train consisting of 25 loads of frac sand downgrade through West End, WV, on a beautiful autumn afternoon. The frac sand is destined for CSX's new TRANSFLO facility at... (more)
Coal drag nearing the top of the Newburg Grade, at West End Tunnel, just ahead.
317 emerges from Kingwood Tunnel, one of only two bores on the Mountain Sub. The original tunnel (long abandoned) from the line's construction in 1849 still stands, to the left of the present tun... (more)
A shiny new 70ACe shoves U822 past WS tower and into Kingwood Tunnel.
Working hard while ascending Newburg Grade, 316 passes the West End signals.
You never know what you'll get on the Mountain Subdivision. The lead to Whitetail mine diverges on the left.
SD 70MAC #770 makes another shove east past the old interlock tower at West End.
