A somewhat uncommon lash up of 4 matched B32-8's lead 120 loads of iron ore to Weirton. This train weighed in at over 16,000 tons

Empties headed west with the Ohio River, Town of Powhatan, & CSX's Ohio River Sub visible in the background.

2 dash-9's lead 18m through Williamson.

I have to wonder why this locomotive has the "PRR" sublettering under the road number. It is not a prior CR unit.

Former Conrail SD40-2 is set to depart the harbor enroute to Powhatan #6 Mine for another load of coal that will make the 37 mile round trip to be dumped into awaiting barges on the Ohio River.

A lone SD40E leads 72 cars of coal 15 miles down the winding Captina Secondary passing 1 of 3 Large "cuts" on the way to be off loaded into Barges on the Ohio River.

These train sets run back & forth between Ohio Valley Transloading in Powhatan, & one of the two Murray Energy mines. There are 3 sets of 65 car trains that operate push-pull on this segmet of tra... (more)

Empty "Top Gon" unit train is seen entering the Captina Secondary headed for New Century Mine 18 miles to the west of here.

NS is still coping with the aftermath of the floods of last September. This train of stone is headed to one of the many washed out sections on the Captina. An old Conrail Caboose brings up the rea... (more)

The class SD60 unit leads train 124 over the Cumberland River. Canon 350D Sigma 24mm

84K power heads out to the Fern Industrial track to pick up a loaded Coal train interchanged from the Ohio Central.

Roster shot of an old veteran 6 axle

12,000 horses of GE power are not having much trouble hauling this 17,000 ton Coal train up out of the Ohio River Valley. EOS 350D Tamron 17-35 1/320 @f/7.1

Huge icicles cling to the hillside as a C40-9 leads coal loads through the elevated curve on the Captina enroute to waiting barges 9 miles away on the Ohio River.