NS Train #754 slowly pulls out of the Ellmore Yard with such a heavy load of coal that to be able to negotiate the steep grade at Clark's Gap, 3 lead engines and 3 pushers are required. September... (more)

Notched up and hammer down thru Willy-Town with return power stacked 8 deep.

NS 8114 and NS 8001 shoves hard on the rear of train 758 as the train enters 1 1/2 mile long Elkhorn Tunnel in Maybeury, WV in the late afternoon.

AN MTY coal train returns back through Matewan for a refill via one of the Hatfield Tunnels. These two tunnels get their namesake from the the Hatfield family of the famous Hatfield & McCoy feud.

The 765 knocks down the position lights at Prichard as it charges north towards Portsmouth.

The Williamson yard goat gets to stretch its legs by towing the steam special to the wye at Lovely in preparation for Mondays deadhead move. Here it is passing the N&W position lights at Panco as ... (more)

The Savanna & Atlanta heritage unit makes an appearance at Chattaroy.

NS 272 diverges from track 2-1 at CP Hull, just west of Iaeger, as a mine run waits in the center siding for the hotshot train to pass through. The days of numbered for the CPL's standing as new s... (more)

Westbound coal train pops out the west end of the Hatfield Tunnels and across the Tug Fork.

A pusher set creeps out of the tunnel and across the trestle to get behind a underpowered grain train.

17M had an 8 engine consist today but I could only get 5 of them in the photo. 17M usually returns power in big consists on Sunday. I assume the upcoming Easter holiday has them thinking ahead.

The Glen Alum Tunnel doubles as a drive thru engine wash today. Recent storms has soaked the hills with rain water causing the water to seep out and run over the tunnel portal.

A Progress Energy unit train exits the east portal of Glen Alum Tunnel as the sun melts the ice from the cliffs above.

New EMD pushers help a loaded coal train off the steep Gilbert Branch and onto the Pokey main.

Riding a loaded Top Gon down the rails, hoping the brake works. Coal is still loaded in Appalachia the same way it was in the 40's in places, using gravity and light braking to roll the mty under ... (more)