With a brakeman in standard Pokey attire watching, NS 217 passes thru the old NW signals enroute to Williamson. On the siding in the background are hoppers being separated and refigured, a tedious... (more)

An eastbound with a battered nose splits the signals at Mohawk, WV on the Pokey main. There's alot of great scenery along this colorful stretch of mountain RR'ing.

Elevated curves and steep ridges, typical of the Pokey. Fall has arrived on this rainy but colorful day along the Tug Fork river as a new symbol due to the reroutes, NS 188, heads toward Williamso... (more)

Remarks: In an elevated fourteen degree curve along the Pokey, a pusher set prepares to hook onto a minerun just around the corner. The signals in the background control the Buchanan Branch just t... (more)

Bens Creek minerun U98 backs up the Gilbert Branch off the Pokey main. The Tug Fork valley is a sea of colors on this warm Fall day.

A bright Conrail unit splits the signals at Old Joe on the Pokey main, headed toward Bluefield and a sure push up the grade beginning at Farm. The signals in the background are living on borrowed ... (more)

Preparing to climb aboard the caboose and back up the Gilbert Branch to Bens Creek, a brakeman does a rollby as minerun U98 eases up to the switch. Cabs are still in use on most Pocahontas branche... (more)

Along the sweeping curve at Ought-One on the Pocahontas main, a coal drag makes its way toward Williamson. The colorful ridge is on the other side of the Tug Fork in Kentucky, with the signals bei... (more)

In a Fall foliage scene soon to disappear on the Pokey, minerun U98 shuffles mtys to deliver to Red Ash just east at Hull. These old CPLs are most likely short timers on the Pocahontas as many are... (more)

It's Fall time on the Pokey. A light pusher set glides along wet rails, a slide detector fence, and a sea of colors on the Pokey, enroute to a special assignment.

After a two hour ordeal hooking up a pusher set to the front, giving 147 a total of eight engines, the move crawls toward the top of the grade. Fall has arrived in southern WV as the hills are a r... (more)

You gotta love these old high hoods still in use on the Pokey. Judging by their shiny fresh paint, good care is taken of the old horses.

In a black and white scene that could easily be years ago, a high hood EMD along with a caboose on the rear await a clear signal from an old NW CPL. This engine had evidently been taken care of th... (more)

In a rainy scene, NS 147 has stalled on the wet grade at Elkhorn and has had the J52 pusher hook up. Dispatcher said she was used to this heavy train stalling, but with three on the rear and two o... (more)

With plenty of power in the background for Hill Runs and cabooses for mine runs, NS 2624 has just turned around on the wye at Elmore Yard. Forest fires from the drought give a smoky atmosphere to ... (more)