In the last light of day, AC power pushes a coal drag through the west portal of Elkhorn Tunnel under the still standing N & W vintage signal bridge.
Norfolk Southern 7640 breaks the morning silence as it rushes west out of the Elkhorn Tunnel on the Pocahontas Division near Maybeury, West Virginia.
After exiting the Elkhorn Tunnel, NS 236 throttles it up, passing by the N&W CPL signal bridge at E.E. Elkhorn. A perfect example of Appalachian railroading..
Railfanning in Appalachia.. Struggling uphill with two motors on the head end and two on the rear, a Bluefield bound coal train does notch 8 at the Maybeury interlocking. Notice the abnormally unl... (more)
High hood SD40-2 No. 3280 leads an eastbound unit coal train upgrade east of Maybeury, WV on May 16, 1994.
NS C40-8 No. 8707, on a westbound light helper, was bursting out of Elkhorn Tunnel and into a sliver of sunlight on May 16, 1994.
With a heavy rain adding to the misery of the deep snow, a westbound glides downhill out of Elkhorn Tunnel on the Pokey.
Two AC pushers help a doublestack to the top of the Elkhorn grade.
A pair of ES44AC pushers give 236 some assistance east at the west end of Elkhorn Tunnel.
In a scene that defines the modern day Pokey, new AC pushers shoves hard on a coal drag under the classic sigs and into the ElkhornTunnel. The freezing sleet made for a tuff push up the grade but ... (more)
Trio of pushers descend the infamous Elkhorn Grade enroute to Farm to do it all over again.
Ducking under the huge iron shroud from the steam days, a fast freight tops Elkhorn Grade and enters the mile long tunnel at dusk.
With dusk, rain, and fog all falling along the Pokey, a train of mtys glides out of Elkhorn Tunnel and begins the long descent down to Welch. The huge ventilation system and iron shroud are from a... (more)
Westbound mty train is seconds away from exiting Elkhorn Tunnel, then it's all downhill to Iaeger.
NS manifest is literally on its knees as it rolls under the old N&W signal tower near the crest of Coaldale Mountain and the Elkhorn Tunnel.
