Recent snow and cold weather have allowed large icicles to form on the portal of the Mount Hope tunnel. CSXT 521 and its train of coal empties from the CSX/R.J. Corman interchange at Thurmond have... (more)

Say hello to the newest restoration from the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad. Crews worked diligently this week and especially today to unveil Western Maryland EMD BL2 No. 82 in its new Wester... (more)

The valley of Quinnimont, deep in the New River Gorge sets covered in a blanket of snow after the first snowfall of 2012 and essentially the winter season left its foot print in the mountains of W... (more)

At 8:58 am the first of the morning light illuminates the valley of the New River Gorge as westbound mixed freight Q303 and its eight car consist snake their way through Backus, and soon to be Qui... (more)

Bound for Brunswick, an eastbound loaded autorack train out of Cumberland passes under a vintage B&O CPL signal bridge at Grasshopper, west of Hancock. The B&O CPL's were recently removed on the M... (more)

Miles away from civilization in the Trough of the South Branch of the Potomac River, B&O painted F7(A) No. 722 is illuminated by moonlight as it poses alongside the South Branch of the Ptomac Rive... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 leads Union Pacific No. 844 west across the Overland Route near Walcott, Wyo., on its way to Ogden, Utah, from Cheyenne, Wyo.

A loaded coal train coming off the rarely used, Cabin Creek Subdivision sits derailed in the back yard of a local Sharon, WV resident. Thankfully, noone was injured in the derailment, although a d... (more)

NS to mothball 50 miles of coal lines in West Virginia In a story that originated as a vicious rumor, but provided to be reality earlier this week, Norfolk Southern confirmed it would shift... (more)

Russell-Cumberland daily manifest, CSX Q316 creeps north along the Christmas decorated Main Street of St. Marys, east on the former B&O Ohio River Subdivision to New Martinsville. It's 9:00 PM on ... (more)

With storms building to the west, the last glow of the evening begins to dissipates as an eastbound priority train glides through Mesita.

Built on the banks of the New River, the former C&O South Side Subdivision (correct me if I am wrong) is falling apart and slowly being reclaimed by mother nature.

As the full moon dips behind the mountains, a fog has developed in the Coal River Valley this morning allowing for beams to project a red cast onto the Sproul Tunnel and surrounding brush.

Operating on the original Rio Grande mainline through a trackage rights agreement with Union Pacific, a pair of clean BNSF GE's bring up the rear of a Denver-bound manifest, as it descends Price R... (more)

A room with a view.. Enroute to Institute from Nitro to switch local industries, the evening shifter passes Diehl's Restaurant, a well established country style diner frequented by many locals. Op... (more)