Eight head end locomotives lead NS 17M westbound on the Pocahontas District near Davy, on a late October afternoon. Fall colors in the lowlands of West Virginia are still spotty, but thunderstorms... (more)

On a damp and rainy afternoon, No. 826 thunders through decrepit downtown Davy, W.Va., behind a pair of EMD products and a heavy coal train.

AR's behind good ole NS DC power rolls through the beautiful town of Davy in McDowell County WV.

NS 272 roars through the deep hollows of West Virginia near Davy with one of the original 10 SD70M's leading the way.

Ancient CPLs stand sentinel just west of Davy, awaiting a green.

All this NS leased power running around has added some color to the fleet of B&W's. It makes it even nicer with the fall colors in the background.

In the last glint of evening, a pusher crew throws the sand and begins to head east on the Pokey. The tunnel ahead has already been notched for the Heartland Corridor project.

A GP-60 does all it can to hold the rail grinding upgrade through Davy, WV, on the lead of coal train 852. It was a nice surprise and quite a show as the train struggled without helpers. The Pok... (more)

With piles of debris from the roof clearance project piled up high outside, a very late 18M according to my guide roars out of Antler #2 tunnel enroute to the Elkhorn Grade. Much of the debris app... (more)

Local coal train battling its way through a storm.

As mtys head toward Auville Yard and the plentiful coal branches, grain train 52V stretches around the corner. The move will require a pusher set to make it up Elkhorn Grade today.

Grain train 52V heads east thru what once was the thriving town of Davy, now reduced to rubble and burned out buildings on mainstreet.