CSXT 3142enters the Hagan Yard Limits to start the switchback process having just exited the Hagan Tunnel.

A set of pushers waits on one leg of the switchback as the loaded train works through the other side, then the pusher will squeeze onto track just in front of the loaded train and the loaded train... (more)

Having just run the Hagans Switchback, two light engines are throttling up toward the summit inside the tunnel that connects Virginia with Kentucky on this ex-L&N mainline. Although this was only ... (more)

Utilizing the Hagans Switchback on the short trip from Pennington Gap, VA to Loyall, KY, CSX C817-17 back towards the south of the switchback before heading north. The CV Sub main can be seen to t... (more)

A pair of CSX GEs are wound up tight as they drag a 15,000+ ton coal train bound for South Carolina up the "middle" leg of the Hagans Switchback at Smiley, VA. Two more GEs are 110 cars back shovi... (more)