An ICE powered ethanol unit train waits for a signal beside NS 7558 with a consist two new EMD railbus' with SETRAG markings and 7 new SD 70Ace's with SNIM markings bound for Africa.

This Ferromex unit is a rare sight along the Pokey.

With darkness creeping in, A coal train begins to flood load with "met" coal near Northfork W.Va.

The silence of the night is broken in the gorge as two trains pass on oppsite sides of the New River.

NS 233 exits the newly modified bore of one of the Hatfield Tunnels, crosses the Tug Fork River and back into W.Va. The trains front and rear are in W.Va and the middle is in KY. This is the only ... (more)

This photo is pure Pokey. A coal drag struggling to make the tuff grade as it exits the Vivian Tunnel and crosses Elkhorn Creek. As you can see, the old cement marker is still in use.

An SD60 strains to make the grade as it passes the signals at "Old Joe." The train stalled out soon after this.

In a scene played out several times a day, a pusher set shoves a coal drag across the massive Maybeury bridge and up the Elkhorn grade. He will soon cutoff and return back downhill to wait on anot... (more)

It gives me chills watching trains here and thinking about the history of the yard.

NS 233 emerges into a fresh snow after exiting Glen Alum Tunnel.

The track inspection train exits the Gilbert Br. and onto the Pokey main at Wharncliffe. Notice the "short circuit" signal still in service.

A big thanks to the crew at HVSRY for putting on a smoke show for the camera! This is a nice scenic ride with old GP's on both ends. If in the area, please go take a ride and support this fine gro... (more)

A mine run returning to the Auville Yard in Iaeger has just gathered 4 old N&W cabs. These old cabs are still used on most back-up mine runs along the Pokey branches.

A memory of a lifetime is made today as a kid gets his first cab ride aboard a GP 10. Quite a story for his grandkids 50 years from now.

NS 8000, The first AC motor in the modern NS fleet, struts it's stuff as it works hard in pusher srevice along the Pokey.