CSXT 5428 leans into a curve as it leads Q302 under the cantilever signals during a hard uphill climb in the early light.

The Eastbound Cardinal overtakes Q302 at the summit of Alleghany Mountain.

Eastbound coal approaches the Alleghany summit tunnel on the former Chesapeake and Ohio main

"The Spirit of West Virginia" is only a half-mile from cresting the grade at Alleghany. No pushers today, as 85 loads are no match for a pair of GE's on the .56% ruling grade.

A boring locomotive to those west of the Mississippi, but a welcome sight to a man whose been fed a steady diet of CSX blue and gray. A pair of Uncle Petes charge upgrade around the last big curv... (more)