NS 9764 pops out of the concrete lined tunnel at Hatfield, while the older adjacent tunnel is now undergoing "renovations" for the Heartland Corridor Project.
After holding for switch problems at Beech Creek and 35 min. stop at the Cedar Welcome Center ;), NS 185 blasts west out of Hatfield tunnel on Track 1 headed for Williamson, WV and points beyond.
NS 7715 crosses into West Virginia, exiting one of the Hatfield Tunnels.
An ES40DC peers from one of the Hatfield Tunnels, named after the same family involved in the Hatfield McCoy feud who lived in this area. The tunnels are actually in Kentucky, the only section of ... (more)
An ES44DC splits an interesting set of N&W signals at Sprigg Bottom.
NS 8872 at a crawl as it awaits a westbound to zip by.
185 shoots out of the unlined Hatfield Tunnel No.2 back into WV from KY on its journey west.
In a move I've never seen before Williamson based shifter U15 heads east caboose leading shoving loads east toward the Alma Branch for Sprouse Creek coal. Surprisingly the next day Sprouse Creek w... (more)
An ex-con leads this train out of KY and across the Tug River back into WV via the twin Hatfield Tunnels. The Hatfield tunnels are the only portion of the Pokey that passes through KY.
After dropping off its work train on the Buchanan Branch 98J heads back to Williamson with just its caboose. The 4122 is just 1 of 18 GP38AC left on NS. It's so old the trailing caboose is 5 years... (more)
EB coal drag breaks out of the original Hatfield Tunnel and back into West Virginia. Home of the Hatfield's and McCoy's.
NS 3431 leans into the curve at Sprigg with some homemade sunshades in the middle windows
westbound train exits tunnel between Matewan and Sprigg WV. Lead unit is in WV. Tunnel is in KY!
