Clouds of dust and rock are kicked up by a westbound at Roderfield tunnel, evidence of heavy tunnel work inside. The Heartland Corridor project is advancing quickly over the Pokey.

An eastbound 194 pops out of Laurel Tunnel, showing the signs of the Heartland Corridor project around the arch. The tunnel will be notched and the ceiling raised as high as the marks shown.

A rear pusher set on the rear of 81M shoves hard as the grade begins up Elkhorn.

As a grain train flows thru Elkhorn Tunnel, a westbound approaches the west portal from within, looking as if the tunnel is on fire. Midway thru the bore is the crest of Elkhorn Grade, a major pai... (more)

With a splash of WV fall color on the hills, Hill Run U88 makes two cuts and ties the loads down atop Clarks Gap. Not exactly on the beaten path and slightly difficult to access, the scenery is st... (more)

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.

Pushers on the rear roar backward thru Elkhorn Tunnel. The giant ventilation shroud and fans provide a frame for photographers, a leftover from the steam days.

After pulling a coal drag over Clarks Gap and setting it off at Algonquin, the motors head back to Elmore Yard to repeat the task all over again. Anybody ever been to Micajah?

Bearing the coal dust of a hard days work and strapped in, a worker cautiously releases the brake allowing a Top Gon to roll downhill under the coal loadout. In this modern day it's hard to believ... (more)

Hard to believe OSHA allows this in the modern era. Releasing the brakes on a steep spur, a worker roped in rides a coal gon under the loadout till full, then will ride it by gravity down to the m... (more)

An autorack flies east into Elkhorn Tunnel, nearly a mile long and atop one of the longest grades east of the Rockies.

Dwarfed by the massive iron Maybeury bridge, NS 194 with a hodgepodge of goods including Humvees heads east with a single pusher on the end. This bridge will be notched due to the Corridor Project... (more)

Running long hood forward, a worktrain idles away in Keystone as traffic builds for the assault up Elkhorn Grade. After clearing, it was back to back for eastbounds going up the grade.

With the KD main to the bottom left, a KopperGlo coal train with power unusual for the Jellico Branch sits tied down on the south leg of the wye. The crew has just left by taxi and left the motor ... (more)

Awaiting the thunder...