The 2010 CP Huntington New River Train crosses it's namesake at Hawks Nest, heading East. The C&O PV Chapel Hill brings up the rear. Very fitting.

On time Amtrak train 50, the Cardinal, rolls east on the C&O with the fog having just lifted enough to give its passengers a view of the New River Gorge.

A cold morning at Hawks Nest. One Hundred and Fifty empty hoppers, and two locomotives round the sharpest curve on the old C&O at 10 mph.

Heavy rain, and mudslides forced CSX to shutdown their number 2 mainline between Cotton Hill and Sewell, and allowed a semi-lucky photographer to catch an Eastbound move across the bridge at Hawks... (more)

The Eastbound Cardinal passes thru rural Anstead,WVa but the location is better known as Hawks Nest

An Eastbound coal train thunders upgrade past Hawks Nest Dam, just after dusk. 360 second exposure @ f8.0, ISO 100.

Meet me in Hawks Nest. A wide angle capture of a westbound / eastbound meet at MA Cabin, deep in the New River Gorge.

A little train in a big canyon! The Eastbound Cardinal exits "The Dries" at Hawks Nest Dam. The Dries were a result of water from the New River being diverted through a tunnel, to a downstream p... (more)

Patience rewarded. Four hours spent watching the snow fall yielded the prize; a westbound mty train crossing the New River.

If you ever visited Hawks Nest or the New River area you know how rare it is just to catch a train while your there let alone catch 2 eastbounds at the same.... I wonder who made it to Sewell firs... (more)

An early morning westbound empty hopper train is slowly crossing the Hawks Nest bridge right below the Hawks Nest Lodge (this was the view from my balcony).

CSX westbound empties passing the Hawks Nest Dam.

Looking West toward the hydroelectric plant, a Southbound coal train makes its way up stream.

A peaceful morning along the New River at Hawks Nest. On January 28, 1873, the last spike ceremony for the original C&O took place just to the left of this photo.

An eastbound train of brand new aluminum hoppers full of coal is slowly overtaking another eastbound train on the other mainline at MA Cabin, just west of Hawks Nest, West Virginia. It's now a ra... (more)