The stealth paint scheme was like a horrible wreck. somehow you just couldn't look away.

CSXT Q313-15 works west out of Greenup, Kentucky and passed the icy Big Sandy River boat ramp on the west end of town.

LN yard job switching Corbin

Looking at the south end of town we have two truck mine tipples operations. Believe it or not there is five tracks in this photo. The first one on the left goes to the tipple with the truck in the... (more)

A transfer caboose waits for its next assignment near the coal fields of eastern Kentucky.

From my slide collection. Photo by Mark Clark

One of the few with a steam generator . In the back ground was one of many truck tipple mines that was beside the engine terminal back then. From my slide collection. Photo by Mark Clark

West Shifter sets out some plug door boxcars into the Big Sandy Warehouse spur. The black and white box on the left was the call box before radios came into use. This scene is long gone now .Now... (more)

Kicking cars in the yard. From my slide collection. Photo by Mark Clark

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)

Eastbound with another cut of loaded trash hoppers from the Northeast, CSX local Y206-15 passes under the last remaining C&O signal bridge on the Kanawha Subdivision between Russell and Montgomery... (more)

Retired and headed for scrapping, this unit began life as a Piedmont and Northern engine, went to SCL and ended up on the relatively large L&N fleet of C420s.

A real mixed bag of stuff sits around awaiting work in what some call the good old days.

After sitting in the yard in Huntington for the holiday season, the Loram switch grinder is back to work on the Huntington Division. After taking on water at Big Sandy Junction with the assistanc... (more)

Enough to make a stealth fan smile, a study in blue and gray.