The final day of the 2022 New River train heads through Meadow Creek, WV at around 60mph with a GP40-2 in the lead. This unit lead due to issues with the Amtrak units.

CSX coal loads bound for Newport News,VA rumble east through the neat old town of Thurmond,WV on CSX's New River Subdivision.

A coal hopper train rolls west through Wiggins, WV.

A loaded CSX coal train get going after a crew change in Hinton, WV. It’s seen here passing the New River train as it is loading for it’s return trip to Huntington.

A pair of brand new SD70AC’s pull empty trainer CSX G620 through Talcott, WV on it’s way to Hinton.

A trio of RJ Corman SD's (SD40-2 & two SD40T-2's) are in run 8 shoving on the rear of 55 coal loads uphill from the loadout at Pax,WV. They wouldnt make it much further until they stalled and woul... (more)

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad FP7's 7094 (C&O) and 243 (WM) shoves 26 cars west along the Tygart Valley River near Junior, WV. The freight will go to their interchange with the Appalachian &... (more)

Not quite death...CSX 8812 is one of a line of SD40-2s stripped down to their frame and cab and lined up in Huntington. I believe these are going on to the GE repowered project CSX is undergoing.

Three cabooses on the Durbin and Greenbrier Railroad sit at the Durbin station after the return trip powered by 3-Truck Heisler steam locomotive number 6. The last two cabooses were picked up on t... (more)

Riding in the open air flat car right behind the Steam 3-Truck Heisler Durbin Rocket number 6 was quite an experience, including looking down at the couplers as we "highballed" north at ... (more)

Fall trees color the hills of West Virginia as the Durbin Rocket number 6 brings train 100 towards the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure.

CSX empties roll south past the C&O signals at Ranger on their way to Peach Creek

A Kanawha River Railroad crew eases across the trestle at Sweeneysburg,WV bringing Norfolk Southern empties north to be loaded at Quincey utilizing the old Virginian Princeton - Deepwater District... (more)

End of Track - the sign says it all! The once busy Alma Branch to the Sprouse Creek prep plant is now just a stub off the Pokey mainline and has been removed beyond the grade crossing ahead as nat... (more)

With the Pumpkin Patch train out of the way, the 'Frostburg Flyer' train begins making their way toward Cumberland to board the sould out trip, and head up the mountain.