Iron horses and iron trusses. Pusher units wait to cross the Dry Fork and hook onto a southbound coal drag, pushing to the Clinch Valley.

Casting a blinding glare, the early morning sun burns off a heavy frost in the Tug Fork valley as loaded coal hoppers off the Buchanan Branch await power.

Q541 descends out of Big Creek Gap on the KD Sub, passing a MOW car on the siding just west of Lafollette station.

Backing all the way to Wharncliffe, NS worktrain 98J enters the west portal of Glen Alum tunnel. Spring has just begun in the hills along the Tug Fork valley.

Looking like a railhead, helper unit 520 awaits a southbound coal drag as Q540 passes by at Chaska.

NS 76G runs gently over jointed rail at National Coals Turley facility. Mountains of stockpiled coal can be seen in the background beside the storage silo, no longer used.

In a scene reminiscent of the early seventies, high hood 4105 backs up amid terrible track conditions loaded with clinkers. The Excel Toptiki loadout is just around the corner of this remote secti... (more)

Bringing up the rear of 97J, the caboose crosses over Wolf Creek just east of the old Addington McClure loadout. The worktrain is headed to Toptiki. For anyone monitoring the Pokey, "The King" sho... (more)

On a day so humid you could cut the air, worktrain 97J ambles toward Toptiki to drop off a clamshell, then spend the rest of the day loading ties. Slidefence is typical of the Pokey.

So shiny you can see reflections in the paint, Operation Lifesaver Special 975 is shown in a closeup after arriving back from Kenova Yard.

So shiny you can see reflections in the paint, Operation Lifesaver Special 975 is shown having the camera and wiring fixed for the viewing passengers before departing to Kenova.

In an odd move south, W772 consisting of power only and the EOT still attached crosses over the Clearfork River at Trevillion. Spring is just now creeping up the mountains as the trees bud out.

Coal drag U258 coasts downhill by a scarred B36-7, as most of the cars are still north of Big Creek Gap.

Being pulled by a battle scared B36-7, a Chessie caboose does service on the KD Sub in Lafollette. There had been a scurry of MOW work recently, as the buckets attest to.

A coal drag begins the downhill part of Duff Moutnain grade, flying by the dwarf signal at North Kilsyth. The top light was made by a crewmember hanging a flashlight out the cab window.