Threading the needle at Morley Tunnel, mty coal hoppers owned by Mitsui Rail Capital head north for more coal out of eastern Kentucky.

Backing thru the coal loadout, a DPU unit on the rear makes room for the string of hoppers to soon be loaded at Kopper Glo. The train will cross CSX trackage for a few miles, then go thru Jellico ... (more)

Pusher set anchored by NS 7582 prepares to shove one over the extremely steep grade of the Dry Fork to Richlands. To the left of the photographer the short Jacobs Fork runs to the state line at Bi... (more)

With a nice crisp paintjob, worktrain 98J backs onto the west leg of the wye at Wharncliffe, clearing the Pokey main for oncoming coal traffic. Spring has just tinted the beautiful hills along the... (more)

NS 83E westbound smokes out of the twin Huger Tunnels with a load of mtys.

A mixed freight lumbers east out of the seldom seen east portal of Coopers Tunnel on the Pokey. The icicles tell a story of bitterly cold temps and heavy snow over the last few days that had the r... (more)

In a rainy scene, NS 147 has stalled on the wet grade at Elkhorn and has had the J52 pusher hook up. Dispatcher said she was used to this heavy train stalling, but with three on the rear and two o... (more)

Q539 with bright shiny power bursts out of the Hickory Creek #2 tunnel, crossing over Hickory Creek in seconds.

18M exits Hatfield Tunnel, heading east in a sea of Fall colors on this early Oct. morning. Moments before, the fog was so thick the tunnels were barely visible.

Having just crossed over the sandstone abutments of Hickory Creek bridge, coal drag U466 heads south thru the Cumberland Mountains on a stinging cold day.

NS 8910 and two sisters sit idling in snow showers as workers attempt to fix a derailment. Hopper doors came open and spilled the load, then derailed when pulled forward.

After a two hour ordeal hooking up a pusher set to the front, giving 147 a total of eight engines, the move crawls toward the top of the grade. Fall has arrived in southern WV as the hills are a r... (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)

The Chaska hillhelper conductor waves the engineer back to Q540 in a rare northbound pull over the mountain. Mty coal drag N276 awaits a clear signal north.

Better look fast, as the face of Roderfield Tunnel will soon be changing when the Heartland Corridor project gets underway. On the other side equipment is being staged for the work. This was a pus... (more)