A measly 11E, consisting of 6 empty auto racks, heads west through Ada, WV on the western end of the Christiansburg district.
CSX empty coal train E900 and manifest M316 are neck and neck as they race each other eastbound on the CSX Kanawha Subdivision behind a well worn Dash 8 and the freshly painted Operation Lifesaver... (more)
Deep in the Potomac River valley, CSX 6406 brings an eastbound manifest out of the mountain and past the old color position light masts at Magnolia, WV on a spring afternoon.
Ex CSX SW 1500 leads a strings of loads from the load out at star bridge over the upper submarine bridge toward Alexander. These loads will then be taken by the A&O, and handed off to CSX.
After bringing an empty coal train into Kenova, West Virginia and interchanging it to the Kanawha River Terminal Railroad, the power was pulled back to the NS yard to layover for the night. In the... (more)
From a November night photo session that was held in Durbin, WV.
CSX ES44AC 3191, the rear DPU on mine run R290, approaches the flood loader at the Contura Energy Feats Loadout in Holden, West Virginia as the last cars of the train are loaded. Once loading comp... (more)
CSX mine run R202 has 60 loads of fresh coal from Clearco Mine making the steep descent towards the New River mainline at Meadow Creek, WV. Along with setting retainers on 30% of the train and usi... (more)
Four A&O GP 38-2's throttle up as the lead Carter Roag loads back to Grafton on the Pickens Sub.
In a scene complete with something for about any diesel fan, including a GP9, FP9, BL2, F7, FA-1 and EMD-repowered RS-3, West Virginia Central's eclectic power strolls out of the shop area to head... (more)
Beech Mountain RR leased SW1500 ex CSX 1118 runs light over the lower submarine bridge returning to the loadout for its final cut of cars.
765 leads the eastbound New River Train at Charleston West Virginia.
South Branch Valley GP 9 ex B&O/C&O 6240 sits with sister engine 6604 ex B&O 751 under cloudy skies at Green Springs West Virginia.
Former Norfolk & Western 8039 leads a westbound empty hopper train past an eastbound loaded coal train at Bluestone West Virginia.
A rainy day look back through time... In one of the darkest areas of the New River Gorge, an eastbound loaded coal train illuminates the valley, as it approaches Claremont, near Thurmond, u... (more)