With dusk, rain, and fog all falling along the Pokey, a train of mtys glides out of Elkhorn Tunnel and begins the long descent down to Welch. The huge ventilation system and iron shroud are from a... (more)

An old Alco set out to pasture at Seaboard Mining, which has been reclaimed. The branchline main from Richlands to Whitewood goes north from here and enters Blair Tunnel a couple of miles away at ... (more)

Old GP at the dismantled Island Creek Coal Virginian Pocahontas operation. Several years ago a worker was killed on this engine while changing parts out when a large piece fell off the flatbed, ca... (more)

Jewell Smokeless Coal loadout. Did I say coal?

After finally getting the pusher situation figured out, NS 9957 grinds uphill at Farm on the Pokey. An mty coal drag heads west toward Mohegan on Main 2.

With the closed Island Creek Coal VP#1 plant rusting away in the background, Alco #2 is slowly being reclaimed by the weeds after being cannibalized for parts. The complex is part of the massive V... (more)

Leaning sharply into the curve, NS 9957 is dwarfed by the huge coaling tower still standing at Farm.

With dust from tunnel work flying, two new AC motors making a pusher set head west for either a coal or grain drag. Much of the Heartland Corridor project is completed, evident from Roderfield tun... (more)

Westbound mty train is seconds away from exiting Elkhorn Tunnel, then it's all downhill to Iaeger.

Throwing out a bevy of sand and in notch eight, a coal drag makes a run for the grade. A helper on the rear is needed, as always, on the rear.

With a unit train of black diamonds behind, N255 exits Morley Tunnel and begins the climb to Oaks.

Switch signal lock, thrown tens of thousands of times in the coalfields of Appalachia.

A worktrain laying ribbon rail prepares to head toward Big Stone Gap, with work done for the day.

Getting a fill-up in the old Morley Yard, the helper engine from Chaska is almost ready to depart. Morley tunnel is visible in the background to the north.

Waiting on a northbound grain train to clear, at MP 212.