Night is falling at Hinton WV. We are cold, wet and tired but extremely happy. It's 1985 and we have been chasing a steam engine pulling a loaded coal train all day long in the snow! 614 has been ... (more)

464-202 and 434-2186, double departure from Jaromer station

611 is passing the former Norfolk & Western East End Shops where she was built in May 1950. The shops have been closed by Norfolk Southern and now stand deserted.

Reading And Northern. Reading and Northern Railroad 2102 (T-1, 4-8-4) is getting closer to its next life on the rails. After being built a Class I10sa 2-8-0 Consolidation by Baldwin in 1923... (more)

MILW 261 was detached from the train for display while all the passengers got off for lunch at Bongards.

Front Porch View

Some residents in Montgomery, West Virginia come to their porch to watch Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 and its tool cars roll past. I believe that the crew dropped t... (more)

Smoke and steam cloak Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 and its tool cars as it steams west through Cotton Hill, West Virginia with a train of West Virginia coal.

Skirting the frozen New River, Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 works westbound at Hawk’s Nest, West Virginia.

Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 disturbs the morning calm at Hawk’s Nest, West Virginia. Loaded coal hoppers trail back as far as the eye can see.

Before its later makeover, a somewhat neglected depot at Thurmond, West Virginia starts to shake as Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 thunders past.

Southern Pacific 4449 has arrived in Taylor Yard and is swarmed by employees and railfans.

After stopping to repair an overheated bearing on one of the driver wheels, SP 4449 starts to move again towards the summit on Cajon Pass. This was the day of the famous race up the pass between ... (more)

Emissions from the stack of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 trail back over its train loaded with West Virginia coal. The westbound train is negotiating the S-curve approaching Thurmond, West Virginia... (more)

Big Steam in Big Snow

American Coal Enterprises’ data collection of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614’s performance occurred during most of the month of January, 1985. January in Wes... (more)

And around we go...611 with the assistance of NS Southern Heritage unit ES44AC 8099 and Southern FP7 6133, negotiate the Southern Railway Loops over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Asheville NC. The t... (more)