Displaced fuel tank and tank car in the yard from the devastating Flood of 1977 (April 5). Cars placed onto Tug Fork Bridge leading to the Pond Creek Branch to hold it down remain in the backgrou... (more)

NW GP35 in an older paint scheme but no front markings brings a grain train east by the tipple at Rawl, WV

NS 11R has to cool its heels for a few moments while a CSXT westbound on the Buckingham Branch crosses ahead at Charlottesville, VA.

Lone N&W GP40 brings an office car train into Williamson.

RF&P local hustles north past the Amtrak Staples Mill Rd. (Greendale) station.

Two white-hatted individuals with derailed hoppers looming overhead discuss what's next following a coal train derailment at Nolan, WV. The train collided with a coal truck.

Tuscan red units 8010 and 6175 take a break in the engine terminal at Williamson

Train of empties hit a coal truck and derailed at Nolan, WV, just west of Williamson. The truck driver was killed. Here is the truck frame wedged under the lead unit.

Train of empties hit a coal truck and derailed at Nolan, WV, just west of Williamson. The truck driver was killed. Some of the derailed cars came to rest blocking the eastbound lane of US 52.

Two D&H locomotives and others prepare to take a train west out of Williamson.

Southern Pacific in southern West Virginia! Two SP units and a UP unit make an appearance on an eastbound coming off the Scioto Division into Wiliamson.

A wet snow clings to the nose of AMTK 275 on Train #66, The Hilltopper, as it enters the passenger main at the west end of the passenger platform in Williamson, WV.

NW 1620 leads D&H 7610 and an SP GP30 eastbound under the swinging bridge in East Williamson. I doubt this photo location is as available now as it was back then.

Five early Geeps take lake coal away from Williamson WV. March, 1979

Amtrak most viable train EVER, The Hilltopper, exits Mingo Tunnel and passes under US 52 in the west end of Williamson, WV. March 1979.