Fall colors return to Loup Creek... A pair of run-through CSXT CW44ACs enter the only tunnel on R.J. Corman's former C&O Loup Creek Branch near Mount Hope. The two CSX locomotives are retur... (more)

After taking the first cut of loaded coal hoppers to a siding near Mount Hope, a pair of run-through CSX motors return light to Pax to pick up another loaded of coal on R.J. Corman's Loup Creek Br... (more)

A R.J. Corman crew runs a freshly loaded train down to the junction for CSX pick up later on.

Upgrade with empties for Pax, a pair of AC4400's are framed by the fall foliage as they follow C&O's Loup Creek branch toward the top of the New River Gorge from Thurmond.

Arriving at the CSX/RJC yard limits, R.J. Corman SD40-2T No. 8569 passes over Loup Creek with two outbound cars for the interchange.

Observing a maximum track speed of 10MPH, R.J. SD40-2T No. 8569 heads for the CSX interchange at Thurmond with two empties from Austin Powder in Mt. Hope.

After delivering two empties to the CSX interchange at Thurmond, a pair of R.J. Corman SD40-2T's and two loads of ammonium nitrate negotiate the stiff grades up Loup Creek, passing the Loup Creek ... (more)

Empties for the R.J. Corman loadout at Pax drag their 100 hoppers up the original C&O Loup Creek branch toward Harvey from Thurmond.

Empties for the R.J. Corman Loup Creek branch sit idling at the E.E. Rush Run Siding, waiting for an early morning crew to arrive. A full moon and passing clouds help contribute to the depth of th... (more)

Crossing the New River at Thurmond, empties for the R.J. Corman loadout at Pax diverge onto the former C&O Loup Creek branch from the C&O main at Thurmond, under the power of a duo of CSX GE's.

Enroute to the CSX/Corman interchange at Thurmond, the entire locomotive roster for the West Virginia operations glide past the frigid Loup Creek falls in dynamic brakes.

Recent snow and cold weather have allowed large icicles to form on the portal of the Mount Hope tunnel. CSXT 521 and its train of coal empties from the CSX/R.J. Corman interchange at Thurmond have... (more)

As efforts are being made to repaint locomotives into CSX's 'boxcar logo' scheme by shop forces, a pair of clean 'bright future' YN2's are quickly becoming a thing of the past.. CSXT 521 and fello... (more)

After loading at Pax, a pair of CSX 'Bright Future' AC's lead a loaded drag down the R.J. Corman Loup Creek Branch toward the CSX interchange at Thurmond.

Action in Thurmond.. In a community that less than 10 people currently call 'home', there's no shortage of trains on this February afternoon.. Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal has just cleared town and... (more)