The mountains are still glowing as the sun sinks lower behind them, while WAMX 3921 waits for its next job in Dickinson Yard. The former Western Maryland GP35 may not be on its home rails, but it ... (more)
Though the scene looks like Norfolk Southern, this is all Kanawha River Railroad's operation. Run-through power from NS and UP head up a coal train, while patched ex-NS SD60s wait to shove trains ... (more)
Two former NS SD60s wait for another coal train to shove up or down the Secondary.
Grungy SD60s congregate at the Dickinson Yard servicing area on a foggy September morning. At the time of this photo these units were under lease from NS, but have since been acquired by Watco.
Local power for the Kanawha River Railroad out of Dickinson sits quietly on an unseasonably warm and overcast January afternoon. With no work on this Saturday afternoon, the power will wait for t... (more)
2 units sit on the fuel pad at Dickinson on a quiet Sunday Morning on the new Kanawha River Railroad.
Take what you can getRumors had been circulating for months as Norfolk Southern has been looking to trim unused rail lines due to a fatally ill coal market. As such, the northern ... (more)
With rumors circulating that Norfolk Southern was to idle the West Virginia Secondary (Ex-NYC) line after the first of the year, the wife and I decided to take a road trip down the line today. Co... (more)
NS 7577 slowly moves East as a empty coal train is loaded at the loader in Dickinson, Wv.
NS 9067 sits in Dickinson Yard with four cars of the Barnum Bailey and Ringling Bros. blue train. The rest of the train is split between three other track in the yard, waiting to be taken the few... (more)
Finding this ex-SP unit in West Virginia was a nice surprise. Seeing the NS unit belch black smoke upon being started was even better!
