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)