With frontend loaders preparing to fill the first cut of 55 cars, NS 77G glides downhill to the scalehouse first to weigh the mtys.

And you thought all these were gone. A B30-7 looking like she's got one foot in the grave does bridgework during a blitz on the KD Sub. The ol' gal must have five layers of paint on her, if not mo... (more)

And you thought all these were gone. A B30-7 looking like she's got one foot in the grave does bridgework during a blitz on the KD Sub. The ol' gal must have five layers of paint on her, if not mo... (more)

Fast freight 217 will be stopped at Beech Creek and told to sit until furher notice due to a signal malfunction in about a mile. This curve at Ought-One is one of the most severe on the Pokey, wit... (more)

With the evening sun quickly setting in the Tug Fork valley, mine run SOW heads west with pusher set J25 on the rear. There are no rules along this stretch of the Pokey as pushers can work both ea... (more)

The nearly full moon glows behind a set of cantilever CPLs along the Tug Fork river. Better shoot all you can as these are quickly disappearing from Vulcan to Panther.

The face of Glen Alum tunnel will soon change as the Heartland Corridor project gets underway, if it ever does. Redbuds cling to the face as a coal drag roars out at dusk.

On the steep Jacobs Fork of the Dry Fork of the Pocahontas Division, mine run U34 has just begun loading at Brooks Run. Traffic has increased on the Jacobs Fork with two loadouts operating now.

Time for a siesta. With Mother Natures air conditioner running and all three engines idling for hours, pusher set J52 sits on the Buchanan Branch wye awaiting a coal drag later in the evening.

Sporting the odd symbol 77A, a coal drag runs west by the oddly named Ought-One. Not many have visited Ought-One, which stands for one tenth of a mile of the Buchanan Branch which wyes off behind ... (more)

Crawling up the Briar Mountain Branch with mtys for the coal loadout, mine run U20 and crew throw up a friendly wave. As shown, the branch cuts off amongst cliffs and is twisty throughout.

Complete with NS brakestick and American flag, coal drag 81W bursts out of Glen Alum tunnel and runs along the slide fence.

After suffering electrical problems, mine run U14 out of Jamboree 5 crosses Peter Creek. U14 will wait for congestion on the Pokey to clear before crawling downhill another four miles to the main.

Better get a good look at Glen Alum tunnel before the Heartland Corridor project begins. Mine run U23 backs up and will soon head up the Briar Mt. Br on the other side with two motors on the head ... (more)

Representative of the Pokey, bad order coal cars and a caboose sit at Cedar on the center siding. Cabs are still used along this stretch on mine runs, which consist of long backup moves up the bra... (more)