As night falls, a heavy eastbound loaded coal train crawls upgrade into White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., behind a pair of General Electric AC4400CW's. Operating under train symbol U161, this drag has... (more)

A eastbound lights up the area as it heads for Clifton Forge, VA.

Export coal loads illuminate the signal at Riffe's Bottom, eastbound on C&O main to Clifton Forge. This signal is expected to be removed from service in 2013, as part of a signal replacement proje... (more)

Upgrade and in full throttle, 10,000 horses struggle to keep 150 loads of Southern West Virginia coal moving over the stiff grades of the New River Subdivisions at Sewell. The train has just cross... (more)

A porch with a view.. In the small mining community of Meadow Creek, nestled along the banks of the New River, an eastbound loaded coal drag from the coalfields of Southern West Virginia catches t... (more)