Awaiting it's early morning curtain call, Clinchfield F7A 800 sits on the former C&O mainline at Shelbiana, Kentucky; the start of the Santa Train's 110 mile trip through the Appalachian Region. ... (more)

The "Clinchfield 676" rolls down the old C&O Big Sandy, on its way to Elkhorn City and beyond. The occasion is the 50th anniversary of the famed Clinchfield Santa Claus Special, and the... (more)

A pair of CSX GE's bring a string of empty coal hoppers past the signals at Dayhoit,KY.

The Huntington Peddler returns towards Russell, crossing the Big Sandy River bridge into Catlettsburg with 5 engines and 2 cars.

Q693 passes between the bracket signals at Calgon, having just begun its journey to Shelby from Russell

Q693 passes the C&O era signal at WD Cabin, between Catlettsburg and Louisa on the Big Sandy Sub

A short Q693 passes the C&O cantilever signal at RB Cabin with a rare YN2 Dash 8 widecab leading the way.

CSX freight Q697-13 moves west out of Shelby Yard at Shelbiana, KY.

Northbound CSX freight Q697-13 rolls through Elkhorn City, KY on what was the north end of the Clinchfield Railroad. The train will soon be on former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway trackage.

C820 rolls past the searchlights at Pineville along the Cumberland Valley Sub.

C820 rolls by a shut down coal loadout on their way to Loyall and Pennington Gap.

As a sliver of sunlight emerges between thick layers of clouds, eastbound empty coal train T209-24 (the second in a parade of eastbounds) knocks down the signal at RB Cabin just outside of Louisa,... (more)

An empty coal train has pulled into other than main track limits at George on the Coal Run Sub. The crew will cut off 20 coal cars to go load at Scotts Branch Mine. The Coal Run Sub cuts off the B... (more)

An empty coal train is working down the Big Sandy towards Coal Run. Here the train passes one of the many coal loaders that have gone idle on this Kentucky Coal Branch. Even though coal is down, w... (more)