Fast freight 217 will be stopped at Beech Creek and told to sit until furher notice due to a signal malfunction in about a mile. This curve at Ought-One is one of the most severe on the Pokey, wit... (more)
The ties that bind. Thanks to David for the inspiration...
Sporting the odd symbol 77A, a coal drag runs west by the oddly named Ought-One. Not many have visited Ought-One, which stands for one tenth of a mile of the Buchanan Branch which wyes off behind ... (more)
In an elevated fourteen degree curve on the Pokey, one of the most severe, a coal run dashes toward Bluefield. The track to the right goes to the Buchanan Branch and wye, just across the river. Hi... (more)
A brandnew SD70M-2 backs up to the wye, preparing to pick up a caboose and then make a mine run up the Dixiana Branch out of Norton Yard on this icy cold Appalachian morning.
NS 83E westbound smokes out of the twin Huger Tunnels with a load of mtys.
Sparkling clean CSX 5228 crawls up a swag near the end of Duff Mountain, with a helper on the end near Cotula. Odd that this move, primarily autoracks, needed the Chaska helper today.
CSX minerun U466 crosses Straight Creek just a few hundred yards from the Kopper Glo loadout, where it'll take over six hours to load a unit train destined for Georgia Power. The train has travele... (more)
With a loaded coal drag heading south, the helper engine idles away on the number two track with a bad order coal hopper on the house track.
Complete with NS brakestick and American flag, coal drag 81W bursts out of Glen Alum tunnel and runs along the slide fence.
Throwing a halo of dry snow, Q141 comes out of the swag at North Kilsyth and trips the signals heading south on a windy morn.
A three engine pusher set prepares to head west out of Bluefield yard with several old dilapidated engines.
A faded lead engine crosses Hickory Creek after traversing thru three tunnels in the last three miles.
Not one, but two old C39-8s led this coal drag between Norton and St. Paul on the Clinch Valley. This one appears to have been in a wreck and is the worse for wear.
CSX 4724 blasting out of Hickory Creek Tunnel with a nice clean paintjob on this blustery Spring day.
