Crossing the extremely rusty and rundown Hogcamp Branch trestle. Just to the right of the motor was were the Westbourne Branch turned off at one time when the coalfields were booming.

The Bull Run train lumbers thru Morley tunnel and across Hickory Creek, with a helper unit waiting four miles down the track.

Sandwiched between mtys and an SD70, the first cut of 77G is being loaded by wheel loaders at Turley.

Conrail led coal drag 81M slows to a crawl as it approaches the summit at Bandy, crossing over Trace Branch several times enroute. On the rear is a pusher set, needed on this trip to Cedar Bluff a... (more)

NS 750 puts a coal drag together as it passes under the yard bridge. The drag will soon turn east at Iaeger and head to Bluefield with a fresh crew just dropped off by the van in the distance.

Popping out of Dry Fork #2, NS coal drag 844 grinds up the grade. With pushers on the rear, it will still be another twenty minutes before it makes the crest at Bandy, VA.

A busy coal yard on the Pokey, NS 750 puts a coal drag together before heading east toward the Elkhorn Grade. Traffic has picked up at Auville with new mines opening further south on the branches ... (more)

Fire on the mountains in more ways than one. The annual setting of the mountains on fire in WV has created a hazy curtain over Elmore Yard, nearly obscuring the colorful foliage on the P-D. Mtys h... (more)

With the loadout silo towering above, two more hoppers will be loaded before the long circuitous journey back to John Sevier Yard begins. Kopper Glo coal loadout, Straight Creek spur of the Clearf... (more)

Crawling up the Briar Mountain Branch with mtys for the coal loadout, mine run U20 and crew throw up a friendly wave. As shown, the branch cuts off amongst cliffs and is twisty throughout.

On a blustery bitter cold day, the engineer looks out the window as a railtrain rounds the curve at Habersham.

A Loram Ballast Cleaner passes the south end of Lake City at a good clip, with the loudest horn I've yet heard. The machine scoops the ballast, cleans, and puts it back down before tamping.

Problems at Farm. Idling under the old coaling tower, two coal drags wait for the tracks east to clear before making the ascent up Elkhorn Grade. Within seconds, a westbound drag of coal mtys will... (more)

The uniformity of the floodloader coal is impressive.

Loads off the P-D await crews to take them to the Pocahontas main at Wharncliffe. What a day, with snow, rain, and deep snow later at Clarks Gap. Thanks to Jay for being the navigator riding shotg... (more)