When I heard the horn on the other side of the tunnel, I knew I was in for a treat. I was rewarded with with this lone GP38-2 pulling a work train going home for the Christmas holiday.
Pushers are gathered under the old coaling tower at Iaeger.
What was once the pusher for mine run U23 has now become the head end power as the train leaves the Pokey main and heads up the Gilbert Branch at Wharncliffe.
One train, two states. This is the only spot on the main where the Pokey rails pass through KY.
In what used to be the norm, it was odd to see these older dash 9's in pusher service with all the new AC power prowling the Pokey.
Two things that one is surly to see in Williamson is thick morning fog off the Tug Fork River and trains. Coal biz is picking up. I'm seeing alot of foreign power along the Pokey.
An ex-C&O "Geep" in original colors awaits passengers for a Santa train. The unit is used on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Ohio.
AN MTY coal train returns back through Matewan for a refill via one of the Hatfield Tunnels. These two tunnels get their namesake from the the Hatfield family of the famous Hatfield & McCoy feud.
The 630 rides along The Buchanan Branch.
A snowy day on the The Pokey at Glen Alum.
Coal is still the name of the game in the Williamson Yard. The office and roundhouse in the background are still being used today.
A coal tran passes both old and new signals at War Eagle. The old N&W CPL's are almost history here.
NS 233 leads the WB parade through downtown Vulcan after the tunnel curfew is lifted.
The 08 New River Train has just dropped passengers off at St.Albans and heads out under the new signals on the final leg towards Huntington.
NS 217 is right on 233's tail and closing fast as both try to make up some time lost fighting the snow and cold.
