Under warranty and doing fine.

A dollar for every time this switch has been thrown. Located on the Wolf Creek Branch of the Pocahontas, the switch stands duty just above the old McClure coal loadout.

Ah, Vivians Bottom. A worktrain ties down awaiting a crew change with a cut of ancient Erie Lackawana hoppers from a scene that could just as easily be from decades ago.

Norfolk Southern coal hoppers head west toward Williamson at dusk, with the old signals above standing guard. The signals will soon fall as many have along this rugged and remote stretch of the Po... (more)

Spring is in the air at the old Beartown prep plant location on the Dry Fork as redbuds put out their color. MOW action is on the siding as the main to the left is cleared to run coal southward ou... (more)

A heavy coal drag splits the signals as it grinds up Duff Mountain, with a helper on the end in notch eight.

C212 is headed back to the housetrack at Chaska, it's work of pushing heavy coal drags over the mountain done for the day.

N257 coal drag is beginning the ascent of Duff Mountain at Oakes, TN with a helper on the rear 108 cars back. Spring has just arrived in the mountains.

NS 218 hustles past the old restored Matewan depot on a cool April night.

Milepost on the Dry Fork freshly painted, with an old Southern gondola used for scrap metal and ties rusting away on a siding. Just to the north is Bandy Tunnel and then beginning of a long downhi... (more)

Coal drag N290 will be slipping into Vasper tunnel in seconds after waiting at south Jacksboro for two northbounds.

Symmetrical loads of coal bound for Georgia Power make their way south out of the coalfields of the Cumberlands. No PRB problems with dust accumulation here, as the top speed in the mountains on t... (more)

Elevated curves and steep ridges, typical of the Pokey. Fall has arrived on this rainy but colorful day along the Tug Fork river as a new symbol due to the reroutes, NS 188, heads toward Williamso... (more)

Of NW heritage and still running fine, an old GP38AC built in 1971 idles away on the Pokey main.

Westbound coal drag and mine shifter U24 passes the high rock bluffs at remote Alnwick along the Tug Fork river. For brave souls, this area abounds in natural beauty and coal drag after coal drag.