Coal is king in Keyser! 573 and friend have just brought loads in from the west as AC44CW 382 and AC60CW 5014 zip by west bound with 115 empty aluminum hoppers trailing, moments away from an ass... (more)
2629 is stopped on the eastbound "hi iron" here, waiting for the interlocking signaling so she can deposit her cars on the eastbound storage track in the foreground, which features a new switch po... (more)
A symbol "U" coal haul led by 877 heads east. The train on the right is a 10,000 tonner ready to head west. 540 and friend will be led by two 44's up front and use the old Western Maryland Thomas ... (more)
Tower operator Will Goff gets into the armstrong lever at the 106 year old Keyser Tower. "Z" Tower and Will both retired August 4th of this year. The interlocking is now handled by a Huntington di... (more)
A CSX Signalman bonds wire to rail. In the background, new signals are being tested. The interlocking tower there is being closed, and all dispatching will soon take place from Huntington, WVA
The Keyser helper has one task, but it's a daunting one - shoving westbounds up the tortuous Seventeen Mile Grade.
Two members of CSX's ever growing AC family sit paitently in the yard at Keyser as a Pennsylvania bound PPLX train gets ready for its departure. In the background West Keyser Tower oversees the ac... (more)
The yard at Keyser is just a shell of its former self, but there's still activity to be found here - Q317, B770, and B875 were all in the yard on this Monday afternoon.
E819 has cut its train into two and is perparing to haul the first second over the various grades between here and Grafton
More black diamonds wait to head east out of Keyser Terminal.
T322 awaits it's second section to come down 17 Mile Grade while E819 prepares to cut it's train into two section as well. Because of the steep grades on the Mountain Sub there is an 80 car lenght... (more)
B770 lugs his train past venerable "Z" Tower at West Keyser.
Preparing for the arrival of Q317, a local switches cars from the large paper mill in Luke, MD.
Bound for Grafton, WV, E819 passes under some vintage B&O CPL's.