The Peach Creek Yard Office.

As the use of coal fades away, the once busy Peach Creek Yard is almost empty today. Only one coal train graces the yard.

NS 17M is shown exiting the west portal of Tunnel 5 along the Pokey. The main line is single track on this stretch of the Pokey between Grey Eagle and Tunnel 7. This tunnel didn't have to be modif... (more)

A mixed freight roars out of Tunnel 4 and through the road crossing. The crossing has no gates and is about 100' from the portal. Not a place for the faint of heart.

Tunnel 4's portal looks like a Mason jar after the Heartland Corridor Project. This is fitting since this is Hatfield McCoy Country.

Coal still moves on the Pokey. A loaded train heads east while empties return to Williamson for a refill.

NS 194 clears the sigs at College.

Two NS ACe's make a run at the grade up to Alnwick. This is the area where the Pokey starts to get steep. It's been an easy run from Williamson to here but soon they will be asking for pushers at ... (more)

The NS Lackawanna heritage unit leads a Williamson turn job train of empties back to the Pocahontas coalfields for a refill.

An NS coal train breaks the still of a hot and humid night along the Tug Fork River.

An NS freight train helps light the restored 1902 Union Passenger Station located near the VA/TN state line in Bristol VA. The building's main feature was a two-story tower. On the first floor wer... (more)

A work train waits for a signal to leave the yard and go to work while units used for coal hauling rest under the old coaling tower during the start of "miners vacation".

An old Conrail Dash 8 helps this train off the Pokey main and onto the Gilbert Branch. The train will deliver empties to the Gilbert Yard at the old Virginian connector for a P-D Division to pick ... (more)

A mixed freight rounds the bend at Old Joe along the Pokey.

A sign of the times. An autorack train takes cars to markets in the east while stored coal gons sit in a center siding awaiting their fate.