A C39-8 holds main two under this classic N&W signal bridge as a coal train heads west on main one. This signal type is one of only a few left on the Pokey.

A "saved from the torch" C39-8 strains to get the loaded coal cars underway.

The Auville Coaling Tower framed by a trio of helpers in the Auville Yard.

A manifest wheels through the curves in Iaeger, one of many small, photogenic towns along the Pokey.

Relics of the past are all congregrated at Iaeger on this December day

Pushers waiting in Auville Yard near the old steam vintage coaling tower.

A NS Coal train hurries MTYs to a coal loader while loads ready to be picked up sit on the center siding.

This is a westbound train passing through Iaeger, West Virginia, in November, 1981. I wonder where they are expecting the snow?

A former Southern Hi-hood geep shares the locomotive servicing facilities at Iager, West Virginia with a piece of GE-junk. The N&W Coaling Tower still stands in the background as a reminder of th... (more)

Now here's a rare catch, a matched set of CSX GEs on the point of westbound rack train 277 speeding along through downtown Iaeger, WV. I knew those units looked funny in the viewfinder!

GP38-2 has drawn mine run duty as she pulls a cut of mty hoppers out of Auville Yard past the old coaling tower. The crew will soon be eastbound on the Pokey heading for the big mine at Keystone.

The "Iaeger Ltd" prepares to back around the wye at Iaeger to make the return trip to Williamson and beyond.