Originally called Tunnelsville, aptly named Tunnel Hill hosts the first major railroad tunnel in the south, boring approximately 1/4 mile through Chetoogeta Mountain. M580 is exiting the second b... (more)

The tail end of the scarcely used Mt. Laurel mining spur appears to be more popular amongst the locals than it does rail traffic. Here, tucked away from civilization, this section of track represe... (more)

Light power inspects the tail end of the Mt. Laurel spur near the end of the Coal River Subdivision at Sharples. Once the track has been visually inspected by the crew, the locomotives pictured he... (more)

Hanging onto the last few days of summer as CSX GE AC440CW No. 160 marshals empty hoppers toward the Mt. Laurel loadout near Sharples, W.Va., on Sept. 18, 2021.

Summer kudzu is in full force as Mt. Laurel empties ease onto the mine's yard tracks at the end of the Coal River Subdivision at Sharples, W.Va., on Sept. 18, 2021.

Veteran GE AC4400CW No. 160 eases into the rural mining town of Sharples at the tail end of the original C&O Railway's Coal River Subdivision - about 55 miles from the mainline at St. Albans. Afte... (more)

Coal empties head for the Mt. Laurel Mining Complex at Sharples, W.Va., passing the outskirts of Madison after having just departed CSX's Danville Yard in the former C&O coalfields of southern Wes... (more)

CSX 160 West at East Ivy on a fall afternoon.

B711-10 local is performing a switch at the customer known as Merrick, the cars delivered here are full of small plastic pellets that will be melted into multiple plastic materials such as coat ha... (more)

B711-10 local is performing a switch at the customer known as Merrick, the cars delivered here are full of small plastic pellets that will be melted into multiple plastic materials such as coat ha... (more)

As the day winds down, CSX Tilford Yard still seems to be busy. The Tilford Diesel Shop has a mixture of power in it, with only one engine in YN3b paint. CSX No. 160 sits facing the sun with two ... (more)

After meeting CSX Q697 in the siding at Louisa, empties for Shelby are back on the move, approaching the town of Louisa, eastbound on the Big Sandy Subdivision.

A empty coal train passes through the town of Louisa.

A CSX coal train crosses Pleasant Creek on a pleasantly sunny morning

CSX 160 leads Q109 directly into the setting sun as it approaches milepost 23 on the CSX Short Line. Sunglasses, anyone?