The Beech Mountain Railroad is a small coal hauling railroad deep in the mountains of West Virginia. It toils away in relative obscurity, often quite difficult to catch as it can be days, weeks, ... (more)

Deep in the woods of North Central West Virginia, Old 113 trundles across the Upper Submarine Bridge East of Palace Valley. The 68 year old Alco will grab another loaded cut of hoppers at Star Br... (more)

Old 113 crosses the Left Fork of the Buckhannon River with 25 loads of coal. This short coal hauler is rarely photographed, but exceedingly interesting.

Beech Mountain Railroad no. 113 waits for the Conductor to give the signal to come back and hook onto the cars.

For over 100 years, trains have been rolling along the Left Fork of the Buckhannon River. This line was originally constructed by the Alexander Lumber Co. for the sole purpose of moving logs. In... (more)

After a long day of work Beech Mountain Railroad no. 113 stops for his last time to drop these cars off.

Beech Mountain Railroad no. 113 makes his way up the grade to the mine to load.

Beech Mountain Railroad no. 113 pulls 20 empties back to Alexandria.

Engine 113's throttle is wide open (it doesn't have notches) producing the charaterstic puffs of Alco smoke as the S2 begins it's assault on the steep 3% uphill climb to Star Bridge with 30 empty ... (more)

After running around it's train of loads due to track constraints at Alexander, Engine 113 is shoving the cars north to the Appalachian & Ohio Railroad interchange.

As the summer sun breaks through the overcast sky, Beech Mountain RR Engine 113 leads a string of 30 loaded coal hoppers north through the backwoods community of Palace Valley, bound for the inter... (more)

The village of Palace Valley is pretty self explanatory. A small village which is home to three or four houses wedged in between two mountains is also home to the Beech Mountain railroad mainline.... (more)

A Beech Mountain RR Alco S2 makes a trip to the Star mine as it rumbles through Palace Valley and into the woods of rural West Virginia. Oddly enough, this a very rarely photographed railroad on R... (more)

Beech Mountain's seldom photographed alco S2 is seen returning to the loadout at Star to retreive more loads. We were lucky enough to catch this unique shortline operating on this day.