This was K080 one day after 19 cars derailed in the Boomer/ Mount Carbon area. No fatalities have been reported, and only damages besides the track is a burnt down home and truck. The cars were st... (more)
One of Carolina Southern units that continues to rust away.
Norfolk Southern's yard in Bluefeild is just a shell of a operation of what it once was. Often this yard used to be filled with diesel smoke and long strings of coal hoppers or even earlier steam ... (more)
CALA 951 just sits here in Chadborne, NC just rusting away with all the other equipment in their yard. Their Fate to this day is still unsure ever since the FRA shut down this line.
Running a long the rugged Cheat River
WM BL2 runs the photo freight.
Two trains wait to make their way up the old B&O now A&O on the way to Grafton, WV where they will be interchanged back to CSX
Pausing for a bit the mixed freight train waits for the circus train to clear.
A former Santa Fe warbonnet takes crude oil to Virginia
The A&O runs coal trains into Grafton, WV area. Here in Burnsville two of CSX's ES44's That probably aren't even a year old and they are already working hard pulling West Virginia black gold.
Slug set pulling 100 loads of NS hoppers to Russell, KY
This is a rare site to see as CSX bought some of the early models of the Ace's which were junk. Many of them sit in CSX's repair facilities. Needless to say this one didn't even run for 20 mins be... (more)
After just passing Kenova I managed to catch the N&W 2156 being towed toward Pritchard, WV.
Amtrak's "The Cardinal" with the exhibit train including engine 406 and the veterans unit. This train was running about two hours late.
Roanoke bound train exits the Montgomery tunnel.