Worktrain W772 is returning light to Corbin after dropping off mty tie gons at the Lafollette Yard. Mother slug 2216 up front carries the crew toward Morley tunnel on this blustery, snowy day.

NS 759 hauling coal mtys emerges from Roderfield tunnel after the Bluefield dispather has cleared the tracks.

Up close study of a common rail weld. Even with ribbon rail, eventually a weld must be made and then ground smooth.

An eastbound grain train passes under the old signals at Wharncliffe, while mtys destined for Bens Creek hold the center siding down. These old signals will probably be the next to be replaced aft... (more)

Westbound with DPUs still attached, NS 891 streaks thru Glen Alum tunnel. Dogwoods provide a touch of white above the portal along this remote and underestimated stretch of the Pokey.

Dwarf signal where the Gilbert Branch turns off the Pocahontas main. A Luna moth has an attraction to the red lens for some reason!

Leaning sharply into the curve, NS 9957 is dwarfed by the huge coaling tower still standing at Farm.

Heading north to refuel from a tanker at Morley, helper engine C212 glides silently thru Hickory Creek tunnel.

And you thought all these were gone. A B30-7 looking like she's got one foot in the grave does bridgework during a blitz on the KD Sub. The ol' gal must have five layers of paint on her, if not mo... (more)

Showing the scars of time, an ex-Conrail unit does duty in the coalfields of Appalachia for NS.

Leading the way with three motors, NS 606 slowly idles a string of mtys under the busy frontend loaders.

Rusting quickly after being delivered from the Knoxville shop, NS will be replace a couple of wheelsets after leaving a brake on from John Sevier to Turley. The small shed in the rear houses the e... (more)

Push on the white square, pull on the white circle. There's coal to be loaded at the old Garcoal loadout, now operated by Mountainside Coal.

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)

Deep within the confines of the Hickory Creek gorge, Q539 pulls a hodgepodge of flats, cars, and tankers thru the #2 tunnel. One has to wonder how this line was chiseled thru rock over a hundred y... (more)