Eastbound coal loads pass an abandoned structure in downtown Thurmond on its snowy trek east through the New River Gorge.

The post Thanksgiving Day rush is in full swing, as the second eastbound coal drag of the past 20 minutes grinds through downtown Thurmond, passing under the C&O cantilever signal slated to be rem... (more)

Bringing up the markers, Georgia Railroad's 'Dearing' and 28 passenger cars consist of the 2012 New River Train, as it travels east along the C&O, passing the Thurmond Post Office and Depot.

Passing through the town of Thurmond on its second to last excursion of 2012, the New River Train and its consist of three P42DC's and 29 passenger cars passes the historic structures, and under t... (more)

CPH's New River Train makes his way West through Thurmond on a late Fall afternoon on his way back to Huntington.

Over 6,000 horses of General Electric power idle in the Rush Run Siding after loading on the R.J. Corman Loup Creek branch at Pax. A Hinton extraboard crew will taxi to Thurmond later in the night... (more)

Two RJ Corman tunnel motors spend the night parked by the yard office on the Loup Creek line.

CSX 324 heads up grade from the New River Gorge on their way to the loadout in Pax, West Virginia.

A true, railroading town.. Serving as an important terminal for coal operations in the New River Gorge for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Thurmond was a perfect definition of a railroading communi... (more)

Overpowering the New River rapids nearby, an eastbound coal train blasts through Thurmond at 1:58am, passing the abandoned Thurmond Post Office. Restored and fully operated by the National Park Se... (more)

Amtrak 156, Phase I Heritage, passes through the historic coal mining town of Thurmond, West Virginia.

The abandoned town of Thurmond nestled in the New River Gorge along the C&O mainline.. What once served as a busy terminal and coal camp, now abandoned and forgotten.

A westbound coal train passes under the signal at Thurmond.

Timeless... Reducing throttle and preparing for a stop, a westbound empty train for Russell silhouettes a bad order hopper and the C&O Thurmond Depot on a foggy night in downtown Thurmond..

Action in Thurmond.. In a community that less than 10 people currently call 'home', there's no shortage of trains on this February afternoon.. Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal has just cleared town and... (more)