Minutes behind intermodal train 233, another stack train running as 82W, heads WB through Sprigg

Stack train 233 heads west through Sprigg.

AN MTY coal train returns back through Matewan for a refill via one of the Hatfield Tunnels. These two tunnels get their namesake from the the Hatfield family of the famous Hatfield & McCoy feud.

Westbound coal train pops out the west end of the Hatfield Tunnels and across the Tug Fork.

NS 185 rolls out of one of the Hatfield Tunnels and back into West Virginia after a brief trek through Kentucky. Tunnels take their name from the former in the Hatfield McCoy feud, as they owned ... (more)

A nice mix of power exits one of the Hatfield Tunnels.

A coal truck waits to haul its load into the tipple as a coal train hauls a clean load out.

An ex-Oakway SD60 leads a coal train off the recently reopened Alma Branch.

The first double stack train to travel the Pocahontas Division comes WB Through Sprigg, WV.

NS 9957 emerges through one of the double Hatfield Tunnels and into West Virginia after this short trip through Kentucky, which eliminated following several miles of the mighty Tug River to reach ... (more)

NS 9957 passes through the now unique Hatfield Tunnel Portal which has recently been altered for the Heartland Corridor Project to allow doublestacks to prowl the Pokey. The other Hatfield Tunnel ... (more)

NS 233 exits the newly modified bore of one of the Hatfield Tunnels, crosses the Tug Fork River and back into W.Va. The trains front and rear are in W.Va and the middle is in KY. This is the only ... (more)

Heavy duty power catches the last rays of daylight (literally) after exiting the newly refurbished Hatfield Tunnel and crossing the Tug River at Sprigg.

NS 9764 pops out of the concrete lined tunnel at Hatfield, while the older adjacent tunnel is now undergoing "renovations" for the Heartland Corridor Project.

After holding for switch problems at Beech Creek and 35 min. stop at the Cedar Welcome Center ;), NS 185 blasts west out of Hatfield tunnel on Track 1 headed for Williamson, WV and points beyond.