Sun is limited in the confines of the Hickory Creek gorge, as Q539 bursts thru the darkness of Tunnel #1 and crosses the creek enroute to Chaska and the grade to Kilsyth.

Two new motors making a pusher set await service over the Dry Fork Branch. In a few minutes they'll begin pushing a coal drag just around the corner at Berwind, crawling all the way over the top t... (more)

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.

With a unit train of black diamonds behind, N255 exits Morley Tunnel and begins the climb to Oaks.

With power for the second cut idling in the middle siding, the first half creeps forward as wheel loaders do their job to the rear.

A coal move grinds uphill at Chaska, as the helper light is visible under the coaling tower as it heads to the tailend to shove. The helper shacks days are numbered, as a new one has been built at... (more)

Backing all the way to Wharncliffe, NS worktrain 98J enters the west portal of Glen Alum tunnel. Spring has just begun in the hills along the Tug Fork valley.

With frontend loaders waiting at the ready, 77G pullls the first cut of coal hoppers alongside the loadout. With three loaders working like ants, it'll take almost six hours to load this unit trai... (more)

Being pulled by a battle scared B36-7, a Chessie caboose does service on the KD Sub in Lafollette. There had been a scurry of MOW work recently, as the buckets attest to.

One to couple. Conductor awaits the meet as 77G backs up to mty coal cars before loading at the National Coal loadout on a sweltering summer day. The trailing half will be set off before backing t... (more)

Always parked under the overpass at the old Clinton depot, a high hood and another older engine sit out the holidays. Both are used for local industrial work and to run the Jellico Branch to Royal... (more)

With rain holding the smoke down low and the crew looking on, pusher set J52 crosses from Main 2 to Main 1, then will back up to assist the stalled 148 over the Elkhorn Grade. Fall is in the air o... (more)

Foreign power comes to the Jellico Branch by way of BNSF. As compared to what NS serves up, this motor was fresh and clean. The coal loading silo in the background is currently out of operation, w... (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)

Dwarfed by the huge iron bridge across the Dry Fork, the pusher set on U39 prepares to hook up and begin the long push up and over the Dry Fork Branch