Coal loads for Denver ease through Rio Grande's Byers Canyon near Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo., on Sept. 30, 2017.

A pair of Watco-painted EMD SD40-2Ms lead northbound Kanawha River Railroad freight KN 381 through West Virginia's capitol city of Charleston.

Led by two Watco-painted EMD SD40-2MS, the northbound KN 381 rolls through Belle, W.Va., on Watco's Kanawha River Railroad in West Virginia.

Kanawha River Railroad northbound freight KN 381 navigates one of a handful of small hills along the Kanawha River led by former SOO Line SD60 No. 6011.

Experiencing bit of an identify crisis, the northbound KN 381 rolls through Grimms Landing with a former SOO Line EMD SD60 on the head end. The locomotive has seen a mix of Class I and short line ... (more)

The Kanawha River Railroad's northbound KN 381 rolls through the small town of Bancroft northbound on former NS-Conrail-PC-New York Central trackage. Watco recently started leasing a few EMD SD60'... (more)

WAMX 4211 and KN 381 knock down the signal at Bannon on their way into Columbus.

WAMX 4211 leads KN 381 west over Alum Creek and towards Norfolk Southern's Watkins Yard.

WAMX 4211 leads Kanawha River Railroad's 381 along the West Virginia Secondary and towards the diamond at Bannon.

On incredibly unusual summer-like day, Kanawha River Railroad No. 381 and two matching KNWA SD40-M2s lead a freight through the capital city of Charleston. The train is en route to Columbus, Ohio,... (more)

Three rebuilt SD45's lead Kanawha River Railroad train 381 from Dickinson, WV to Columbus, OH. Today's train has 76 cars and is 15 miles from it's final destination of NS's Watkins Yard on the sou... (more)

Spanning the Ohio River, three Watco SD40-2MS lead KN 381 across the Point Pleasant bridge and into the state of Ohio from West Virginia. This is the first Kanawha River-operated 381 to run north.... (more)

Welcome to West Virginia, Watco! After more than 200 days of re-routing freight traffic via Norfolk Southerns in southern West Virginia, Watco's new Kanawha River Railroad returned freight ... (more)