Idling at "Floodwall" on the Big Sandy Subdivision, an outlawed loaded coal drag waits for a relief crew out of Russell to take the train west to "Bypass".

The busy Russell yard has forced the crew to wait and die on the main while waiting to get into the yard.

As Cranemasters and CSX employees work on removing the final set of heads from the C&O signal bridge at the Big Sandy Interlocking, another part of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad is killed.

A eastbound coal train passes under the massive C&O signal bridge.

After documenting the last train to pass under these signals earlier in the day, the next to final set of signal heads are carefully moved southward over the Big Sandy Subdivision, enroute to a du... (more)

The very last train to pass under the massive four track C&O signal bridge at Big Sandy Junction. These relics have served the former C&O mainline for the past half a century, guiding steam, early... (more)

C&O for progress.. The arm to the once photogenic C&O cantilever signal at "Floodwall" is slowly lowered to the ground as another part of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad is killed.

The three track C&O signal bridge at Brown Street is on borrowed time, with it's replacement looming in the background. Signal illuminated by eastbound CSXT 923.

Changing of the guard.. With it's replacements awaiting installation, the C&O style cantilever at CP "Floodwall" on CSX's Big Sandy Subdivision awaits it's removal from service. This particular si... (more)

CSX 7391 heads under a C&O cantilever with its replacements standing and waiting to take over.

The eastbound Q696 sits clear of a couple of grade crossings, as he waits to meet a westbound, coming off of the single main.

CSXT 260 leads an empty coal train south onto the Big Sandy Subdivision at BS Junction. The head end of the train is on the CSX Huntington West Division while the rear end is still on the CSX Hunt... (more)

An EMD GP40-2 engine leads quite a lashup as the train approached the curve before heading east across the Big Sandy River into Kenova, West VA.