"Spring in the New River Gorge": A CSX manifest train passes through the sleepy railroad ghost town of Thurmond, WV on the afternoon of May 18, 2021. Taken from the Concho Rim Overlook o... (more)

"Spring in the New River Gorge": The rear DPU of a CSX manifest train turns north in the New River Gorge enroute for Charleston, WV on May 18, 2021. Taken from the Concho Rim Overlook, i... (more)

Birds fly high above Thurmond, WV on the afternoon of May 18, 2021 as CSX #144 proceeds past the coaling tower with coal loads bound for Norfolk, VA from RJ Corman Railroad Group's, former C&O, Lo... (more)

CSX rear DPU #3452 slides west past the Chesapeake & Ohio coaling tower in Thurmond, WV on the morning of May 18, 2021. Built by Fairbanks-Morse of Chicago, Illinois, this coaling tower was ab... (more)

"Milepost 4": CSX #144, at the breezy speed of 10 mph, leads a coal train north to Thurmond, WV on the afternoon of May 18, 2021 on RJ Corman Railroad Group's, former C&O, Loup Creek Bra... (more)

CSX #144 crawls across Thurmond Road with coal loads bound for interchange with CSX at Thurmond, WV on RJ Corman Railroad Group's, former C&O, Loup Creek Branch on May 18, 2021. Filled with bridge... (more)

CSX #3232 leads a westbound empty coal hopper train through Thurmond, WV on the spring morning of May 18, 2021. The town was founded by W.D. Thurmond in 1873 when the former Civil War Confederate ... (more)

CSX K898 rumbles east by the coaling tower in Thurmond, Wv with a pair of CN motors leading the way.

During the year that Back to the Future appeared on the silver screen, the town where time stood still had its own back to the future moment. Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 was back pulling co... (more)

A loaded grain train comes through the ghost town of Thurmond as the fog lifts on this early October morning.

The Amtrak Cardinal coasts through the ghost town of Thurmond as the fog lifts on this early October morning.

Many things have changed in the sleepy coal town of Thurmond, WV, nestled in the middle of the New River Gorge in southern WV. One thing that hasn't changed.. the railroad's importance to moving f... (more)

Railroad history that would soon be lost. A Chessie caboose and a few loaded hopper cars populate the small yard at Thurmond, WV. Adding to the scene are the Engine House and various other steam e... (more)

Eastbound loaded rail train passes through downtown Thurmond

RJ Corman operates former C&O branches in the New River Gorge as their RJCV West Virginia Line, and they began their day at dawn by taking 100 mty hoppers up the 2.5% grade towards the Contura Ene... (more)