Q693 passes under the last remaining C&O signal bridge on the Big Sandy Sub at Bobs, just West of Paintsville.

N312 splits the brackets at Calgon behind a 4 pack of GE's.

Q692 passes under the cantilever at WD Cabin, only a few miles away from Big Sandy Junction.

4 GE's lead Brice coal loads through the C&O signals governing the interlocking at RB Cabin, on their way to Shelby from Russell.

Rolling coal and flood loading coal! A coal truck has just dumped his load at the Apex Mining site at Kyber, as U53 prepares to cut away to run around their train to start flood loading system hop... (more)

A favorite ex-C&O spot on the Big Sandy is the crossovers at Dawkins, few miles south of Paintsville. Pretty easy spot to get into and shoot both directions. Here an eastbound empty coal train is ... (more)

N760 Splitting the unique bracket signals at Hagerhill.

N760 knocks down the signal at West End Ivel, passing between the old signal and dwarf governing the interlocking.

N760 crosses under the C&O Cantilever signal guarding the crossovers at Dawkins, just East of Paintsville.

Down low. Recently restored Clinchfield Railroad 800 (F3) sits in Shelbiana, KY on November 17, 2017 before the running of The Santa Train by CSX for the 75th Anniversary. Thanks goes out to the S... (more)

Between Dawkins and Johns Creek is this set of these ex-C&O bracket signals. Here the K213 is heading to Coal Run to hand this train off to a C860 crew. This location is about 5 miles south of Pai... (more)

Well I figured getting trains on the Big Sandy would be the hardest part of my trip. Turned out 6 trains in daylight wasn't an issue. Here is my 2nd northbound load heading out of Paintsville afte... (more)

The "Clinchfield 676" (UP 3985) has changed crews and is getting underway, now officially on ex-Clinchfield rails. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of the Santa Claus Special, and the equipm... (more)