Cumberland to Cincinnati manifest Q317-23 slides by on the triple track section of track between Big Sandy Junction and Clyffeside heading for their last stop of Russell Yard before continuing wes... (more)

Cumberland to Cincinnati Q317-04 is westbound on the Kanawha Subdivision at Catlettsburg, passing through town on the triple track mainline with two ex-Conrail SD60Ms for power bound for a crew ch... (more)

9000 feet of B&O chemical and mixed freight roll across the Big Sandy River bridge on the Kanawha Subdivision at Catlettsburg heading towards Russell Yard to drop off cars before heading on to Que... (more)

With recrew on board, westbound Q317 rolls toward Russell, where it will pick up and set off cars before heading westbound for Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati. The normally massive train looks like... (more)

It's the first evening of the new year and it's the coldest its been all winter season. Though the Big Sandy Subdivision is no longer a through route, it still sees a few trains most days. Thi... (more)

Taking care of (what little) business (remains)

210 empty hoppers and three generations of GE products head down the Big Sandy Subdivision towards Paintsville, passing the C&O bracke... (more)

Amtrak's tri-weekly Cardinal begins their night run across the C&O from Huntington towards Indianapolis, and on to Chicago, with a fresh crew and the usual 7-car consist. Next stop: Ashland, KY, ... (more)

Fresh from the General Electric shops, Tier 4 Evolution unit 3258 gets a hard break-in hauling 100 loads of South Carolina PSA off the mainline at Catlettsburg for a 125-mile jog down the ex-C&O B... (more)

Eastbound and down... After meeting a westbound just miles before as seen in THIS perspective, eastbound coal empti... (more)

Making several passes across main two in-between Pikes crossing and Big Sandy Jct., Loram's mainline rail grinder eases west from Brown Street towards Pikes, leaving behind a smoldering railhead. ... (more)

With Detroit Edison coal loads in tow, CSX N811 parades along the Big Sandy River, splitting a pair of oddball bracket mast signals housing C&O-style signals, westb... (more)

With three Dash 8's for power (the leader being an ex-Conrail unit) Cincinnati to Hamlet manifest Q698-05 begins their journey down the Big Sandy Subdivision towards their first stop at Shelbiana,... (more)

Rolling off the approach span of the Big Sandy River bridge in Catlettsburg, W020-03 is making all of 10 miles per hour (per timetable rules for the train) before speeding up and "meeting one... (more)

After stopping to let No. 93 go by they get the highball.