Spring has sprung along the Buchanan Branch of the Pokey. Creeping downhill with 200 loads as they cross Knox Creek they'll soon go thru Devon Tunnel and pop out in WV on the Pocahontas main. The ... (more)

On an old weather worn woodchip hopper, a shippers tag shows that the contents came from the Royal Blue chipmill. The mill currently owned by International Paper was once the site of a huge coal o... (more)

Fill her up, full service, at 200 gallons per minute. Helper has just shoved N262 over the mountain and is fueling up just above South Kilsyth.

With the closed Island Creek Coal VP#1 plant rusting away in the background, Alco #2 is slowly being reclaimed by the weeds after being cannibalized for parts. The complex is part of the massive V... (more)

Coal drag N560 roars out of the Hickory Creek #2 tunnel in the gorge on a beautiful late Feb. day. Engine number two was creating an awful racket with major problems

Two AC pushers on the rear, being tested on the Pocahontas grades, crawl across Garwood trestle. Signs from the old Virginian electrification days are still evident.

Helper power heads back north for another coal drag, a job that's repeated countless times daily for the SE Kentucky coal headed south.

Fast freight 17M ducks under the signals at the west portal of Elkhorn Tunnel as it glides silently down the mighty Elkhorn Grade. The grade will soon be home to several doublestacks a day when th... (more)

Mine run U22 runs long hood forward on a trip to the Keystone preparation plant. The massive coaling tower dwarfing the engine is a holdout from the old N&W steam days.

Crossing the Clearfork River with it's own snowman on the front, courtesy of Corbin Yard, a loaded coal drag heads south. Power wasn't up to par on this snowy day as the EMDs were already beginnin... (more)

With the moon rising over Pike County KY on the other side of the Tug River, a lonely old NW caboose sits in the center siding at Glen Alum on the WV side of the Tug. Quite a beautiful but yet spo... (more)

With a mixed freight lumbering by, NS crews mix and build an excursion train scheduled to go from Knoxville to Asheville, NC and back. Special thanks to F unit hobbyist Jacob Gwinn for directions ... (more)

Pulling a heavy freight over Duff Mountain and running high hood forward, a helper comes out of the sump at North Kilsyth in the Cumberland Mountains.

Making it's way over Hickory Creek, the daily Q539 rumbles south toward Duff Mountain. With four clunker motors, it won't need help over the grade this day.

Shuffling eastward in early morning light, autorack 184 bursts into WV, with the middle section in KY and the rear still in WV.