An empty coal train bound for the coalfields of southern West Virginia idle in the Clifton Forge yard on a beautiful evening.

As several loaded coal drags wait to go east and at least one train of emptys waits to go west, an empty grain train comes off the Buckingham Branch and rolls slowly through the old C&O yard. The ... (more)

Before we headed to Cass, we stopped by Clifton Forge, VA to visit the C&O Railway Heritage Center. I highly recommend stopping at this place. Here, CSX train Q303 pulls into the yard at Clifton F... (more)

An ex Conraill GE leads an eastbound out of Clifton Forge.

There are four eastbounds in this shoot and two more just off screen. Six total waiting on crews to get rested and head east. CSX Q302 waits his turn to head down the river. CANON EOS 50D

Geeps coming and going...

CSX #4581 starts to pull west out of the Clifton Forge Yard.

This midnight shot caught an eastbound loaded coal train stopped on the west side of Clifton Forge. A new bridge is being constructed at Selma and the construction tower light was helpful in capt... (more)

C&O's Eastbound George Washington just east of Clifton Forge along the Jackson River in May 1961.

A CSX AC4400 sits with a ballast train at the west end of Clifton Forge Yard.

Eastbound coal train on the former C&O.

A beautiful day in Clifton Forge as the 2009 Heritage Festival is well under way as two cabooses open for display attract several people from towns nearby. Image taken from a caboose built in the ... (more)

A westbound train of empty hoppers is waiting to leave Clifton Forge, Virginia. The decaying remains of the large shop complex looms in the background.

Shaped like an S-Curve, the crew of CSX #5306 is preparing to pull a very long line of empty coal cars back up to West Virginia.

Q302 sits in the yard waiting to go east. 302 would still be in the yard by morning.