It's here where the pushers earn their keep, at MP 128, on the north end of Elkhorn, where the old Chesapeake & Ohio ends, and the Clinchfield begins. It appears the concrete MP marker has been mo... (more)

707 is on the assault as it is starting its ascent up the steep grade passing through the old yard at Elkhorn City which is about a half a mile from here.

Pusher set returning solo bursts out of Pool Point Tunnel and the Breaks Gorge on former Clinchfield rails.

Every year if I have the chance to photograph the SCS I try to seek different locations I haven't gotten from years previous. Last years location was the bridge at Pool Point. Although sunlight is... (more)

The 2004 edition of the SCS is crossing over the bridge at Elkhorn to make its stop where the former C&O depot use to be.

CSX 786 rolls through the former Clinchfield Yard at Elkhorn City. Still home to an active loadout, note the hoppers already full. And the track in the lower left hand side is part of the Y where ... (more)

SD70MAC leads the CSX Grain Express out of the Breaks Gorge and across the Pool Point Trestle on its way downhill to Shelby Yard.

Another load of the Big Sandy Division's bread and butter glistens in the sunlight as it rolls through Beaver Bottom.

As a scene that is repeated daily this SB is crossing the bridge into Elkhorn City and onto former Clinchfield rails. You can literally see the grade start to ascend at 1.14% at the end of the bri... (more)

This EB is crossing the truss bridge in Elkhorn City. This bridge was once 2 span but reduced to 1 span a few years back. He is about to crossover onto former Clinchfield rails at this point.

Pushers on the north end of Elkhorn City strain to push this loaded unit coal train through the Breaks. Its here where the old Clinchfield line begins.

With two lighting bolts on the side and a new Gevo for lead units, this coal drag is about to leave old C&O trackage and enter Clinchfield Country for a trip through Breaks Gorge and beyond.

CSX 489 pops out of Pool Point Tunnel with a little smoke in tow.

Five minutes after the head end has passed, a pair of AC4400's emerge noisily from the curved tunnel at a walk, with the helper engineer lighting up the portal for us, at 02:21! What a show this ... (more)

Making for a very dramatic show at night, an SD70MAC leads slowly out of Pool Point Tunnel onto the massive bridge here on the GE dominated ex-Clinchfield trackage.