What once was, the Elk River Railroad that has since been removed and shut down to be turned into a bike trail slowly exits the tunnel in Exchange WV. The crew is working today collecting all the ... (more)

RIP Elk River. Nice long try. So many places I have no need to visit any more.

Elk River Railroad Locomotive number 1 is slowly pulling a chain that is connected to a second cut of cars out of frame to couple into the ahead cut of cars so they can be pulled out.

Tree down! On the last run with freight cars in tow for the Elk River railroad, crews were faced with several obstacles to complete the work. After gathering a siding of storage cars, they were st... (more)

The last run with freight cars being done by the Elk River railroad is seen as there on the move to Gilmer for interchange with the A&O railroad. Crews spent the day gathering up leftover storage ... (more)

Elk River Railroad's number 4, an EMD GP9 built for the N&W in 1959, sits with its windows boarded up at the shop complex in Gassaway, WV. Created in 1989 to haul coal to the AEP power plant in Av... (more)

Elk River Railroad No. 1 leads a train towards the CSX interchange at Gilmer, WV.

The Elk River Railroad continues as a viable operation, essentially serving as a switching operation for a car repair and storage operation in Gassaway, WV. The railroad recently repainted its tw... (more)

The two remaining operational Elk River Railroad locomotives, #3 and #1, lead a train of 50 empty coal cars north from the small yard at Gassaway to Gilmer Station. A slight rain is falling and th... (more)

An Elk River crew shuffles power in Gassaway before running to the CSX interchange for empty hoppers. Since this photo was taken, the CSX line became part of the A&O and the coal mine along the E... (more)

At the time, I believe this was the only engine painted in the Elk River scheme.