The SD50 is becoming a vanishing breed on the NS, so it was nice to catch this one in action crossing Captina Creek before it gets sent away for storage or a rebuild.

3418 is in full dynamic braking as it holds back 67 loads of coal crossing Captina Creek.

The lead units have just crested the hill and are going into dynamic braking as the helpers are still shoving hard on the rear.

CSX 4830 brings 97 loads of coal through the small cut at Sycamore, Pa.

A BNSF unit lends a little bit of color to the all black and white N21 as it heads up the Manor Branch coming from the Bailey / Enlow mine complex. Consol's Bailey loadout handles approx. 70,000 ... (more)

CSX 416 Crests the summit at Time, Pa as the early morning sun burns through the fog.

N22 rushes through Sycamore with empties destined for Bailey Mine.

2 SD60I units lead 129 loads of coal up the Manor Branch on one of the last remaining days of Winter. The white face of the ES40DC helpers can be seen on the rear if you look closely.

NS N71 with loads from Bailey Mine passes NS N72 which is enroute up tp the Tipple to begin loading.

Plain yellow nosed SD70Mac 4767 pulls on 129 loads of coal from Bailey/ Enlow mine. This scene is quite different than it was a couple of weeks ago, as most of the snow is gone and temps are in th... (more)

Missing the nose logo makes the CSX 4767 a little dull as it heads down the Manor Branch towards Waynesburg, PA

The heavy wet snow that is seen falling through the headlights beam is clinging to everything in this early morning photo. This storm produced nearly a foot of snow in the Ohio Valley when it was ... (more)

SD40-2's still rule the Captina Secondary as the 3334 is seen here on on empties enroute to New Century Mine 10 miles to the west of this location.

An early morning snowfall has dusted the trees and coal of NS Powhatan shuttle train C0G as this veteran SD40-2 works hard to keep the 67 loads of coal moving up off the Captina Secondary onto th... (more)

A C40-9 & SD40-2 navigate one of the many tight curves & cuts on the Captina.