Fresh from the General Electric shops, Tier 4 Evolution unit 3258 gets a hard break-in hauling 100 loads of South Carolina PSA off the mainline at Catlettsburg for a 125-mile jog down the ex-C&O B... (more)

Life in the Capitol City

The westbound loaded Alcan train crawls through the capitol city of the bluegrass state, while traffic on either side of the train continues to roll through,... (more)

A minute after this shot was taken, Kanawha River Railroad's Dickinson to Columbus manifest 381 is crossing the single track bridge from... (more)

A tale as old as time itself.. Brice coal train N313-18 begins the assault on the steep grade at the start of the former Clinchfield Railroad out of Elkhorn City as the rear end distributed power ... (more)

Tucked away on a dead end spur off the KRT connection track behind a tie crane, former Duluth Missabe & Iron Ridge SD38AC (one of only 15 ever built), now belonging to Rail Trusts Equipment, has f... (more)

In the last minutes of a clear October evening, westbound hopper train 66V dashes through the town of Ironton with the Norfolk Southern "Honoring First Responders" heritage unit at the lead, the f... (more)

LKRR 1205 is plugged in for the weekend as the years continue on for this terminal railroad, operating a former B&O branch serving local industries on the south side of Parkersburg with an interch... (more)

Fresh out of repairs at the Huntington Locomotive Shops, CSX 911, one of CSX's commemorative units painted in the "Honoring Our First Responders" scheme leads local H807-27 west on the e... (more)

Coupled to a string of black diamonds from Norfolk Southern's Kenova "New Yard" interchange, two of the former Canadian National GP40-2LW's sporting the new SunCoke Energy scheme utilize all 6000 ... (more)

After a run-around move at Catlettsburg, a crew change, and waiting on a new locomotive from Russell due to computer issues with AC4400CW #94, CSX loaded coal train U751-12 makes it's way east tow... (more)

The show must go on

With the passing of Winter Storm Jonas, and the roads clearing up thanks to an abundance of winter warmth, the railroads have finally began reverting to normal op... (more)

A split train of coal cars and covered hoppers crosses the Ohio River Bridge at Kenova westbound towards Portsmouth in a rarely seen view of the 4100' long bridge from the South Point, or "No... (more)

The new kids in town

Two motors of WATCO's newest shortline, the Kanawha River Railroad, sit quiet in Nitro Yard (presumably assigned to the Nitro local) awaiting the next day's assi... (more)

Silhouetted by the headlight of local Y206-07 coming off the Lexington Branch, the endangered C&O signal bridge at NC Cabin stands guard for another frigid January night as Russell-Middletown slab... (more)

Take what you can get

Rumors had been circulating for months as Norfolk Southern has been looking to trim unused rail lines due to a fatally ill coal market. As such, the northern ... (more)