On the move. After a long days journey from her long time resting spot in Georgia, L&N 0-8-0 2132, the only surviving home built L&N engine, is making the last turn onto Depot St. in Corbin, KY. A... (more)

An empty well train sits idle on main 2 at the entrance to Russell Yard on a cold January evening. While the well train & it's SD40-2 sit empty and idle, Lexington Branch local Y206-06 pass by on... (more)

It's the first evening of the new year and it's the coldest its been all winter season. Though the Big Sandy Subdivision is no longer a through route, it still sees a few trains most days. Thi... (more)

Russell to Richmond manifest Q302-04 accelerates through Ashland on a frigid December evening, heading for their first stop at South Charleston Yard in the capitol city of West Virginia.

As daylight turns to darkness, CSX T010 eases into the interlocking at CH Cabin, passing a C&O-style bracket signal, similar to that of a Nickel Plate design. The 110-car loaded train is bound for... (more)

Under dreary November skies, CSX T010 eases into OX Cabin on the railroad's Big Sandy Sub. near Prestonsburg, Ky.

110 loads for Ceredo from Coal Run Jct. pass through the pure C&O interlocking at W.E. Paintsville on the railroad's Big Sandy Subdivision.

With 110 loads for Ceredo, a Coal Run to Russell crew boards CSX GE AC4400CW No. 434 for the 90+ mile trip to Ceredo. The crew will soon double up before easing onto the Big Sandy main. On the rig... (more)

CSX EMD GP40-2 No. 6972 and mother idle near F.S. Vanhoose & Co. lumber spur in Paintsville yard. While coal is dominant in this section of eastern Kentucky, locally owned businesses still contrib... (more)

Under a full moon, the Dawkins cantilever signal stands guard over the railroad's Big Sandy Subdivision in rural eastern Kentucky.

A C&O cantilever signal protects the westbound interlocking at RB Cabin on the railroad's Big Sandy Subdivision east of Louisa.

Illuminated by November's full moon, in a scene that almost resembles daylight, the N&W CPL at McClure on NS' ex- Norfolk & Western Wolf Creek Branch is painted by moonlight on the night before Th... (more)

Silhouetted against a full moon, an N&W CPL, in a rather unexpected place, protects movements on NS' Wolf Creek Branch in rural eastern Kentucky.

Taking care of (what little) business (remains)

210 empty hoppers and three generations of GE products head down the Big Sandy Subdivision towards Paintsville, passing the C&O bracke... (more)

The 73rd annual CSX Santa Train is crossing the most scenic and greatest places to shoot a train on the Clinchfield (opinion).