While the brakeman lines the switches to head back north, a trackhoe snags one more overhanging cedar to clear the ROW. The worktrain will soon enter the tunnel under Cumberland Mountain and pop o... (more)

A worktrain consisting of a freshly painted GP40-2 and a Jordan spreader prepare to head north, leaving the great state of VA and entering KY on the other side of the tunnel at Hagans Switchback.

End of the line. Not often you find new trackage on a mainline built within the last year. The south tail track of Hagans Switchback has been extended to allow for no doubling of the trains as in ... (more)

Been doing this for thirty six years he said, and will retire in three. Don't blame him at all. The only mainline switchback in the country, Hagans Switchback, and a conduit for coal out of Harlan... (more)

Left over from a recent MOW blitz, tie plates and spikes await pickup at Hagans Switchback in Lee County, Virginia.