Following closely behind a 776, an eastbound work train exits the West Vivian Tunnel with a former Conrail SD40-2 doing the honors.

A helper set on the Pokey ducks into Kimball Tunnel at MP 392 on the way to its next assignment at CP Farm.

NS 8104, along with NS 8114 is seen going into Big Four Tunnel in Kimball, WV.

NS 5069 and NS 5175 are being used to power this Pokey work train.

NS 9510 makes his way East through the Big Four Tunnel in Kimball, WV.

A pusher set passes by the Kimball War Memorial Building. In one of the unique moments of American history, black veterans who returned to the coalfields from World War I discovered that they had ... (more)

AC pushers glide downgrade to the rescue of a a grain train waiting at Sandy Huff.

A SD70 storms out of the Kimball Tunnel, as it rushes its coal train toward Bluefield.

The town of Kimball, WV has everything decorated for christmas including this NW cab. Canon EOS 50D

Ah, Vivians Bottom. A worktrain ties down awaiting a crew change with a cut of ancient Erie Lackawana hoppers from a scene that could just as easily be from decades ago.

Nonstop pusher action on the Pokey today, as this trio is headed to Farm to do it all over again.

Trio of pushers shove hard upgrade at Big Four along the Pokey.

This photo is pure Pokey. A coal drag struggling to make the tuff grade as it exits the Vivian Tunnel and crosses Elkhorn Creek. As you can see, the old cement marker is still in use.

A set of light power heads to a mine west of Ieager, through one of the tunnels that will be changed to handle double-stacks as part of the Heartland Corridor project.