Moonlit at Thurmond.. An abandoned coal town of Appalachia.

As the full moon dips behind the mountains, a fog has developed in the Coal River Valley this morning allowing for beams to project a red cast onto the Sproul Tunnel and surrounding brush.

On a starry night in rural Willowtown, an eastbound silhouettes the classic N&W CPL's.

Spring time railroading.. With a steady rain falling and temperatures dropping, CSXT 8721 has just applied three step for the conductor as they prepare to drop off a cut of 33 cars in South Charle... (more)

Northbound CSX loads bound for Rush Run in Thurmond parallel the Loup Creek in rural Appalachia.

Summertime in St. Albans.. Eastbound empties wait for the signal on a miserably humid summer evening.

An ultra wide perspective of Horseshoe Curve shows westbound empties rounding the bend under the power of a trio of SD60I's.

A scene only possible through the shutter of a camera.. As RP.net contributor Loyd Lowry and myself sit on a rock placed conveniently in the middle of the New River in complete darkness, an eastbo... (more)

As a severe storm brews up trouble in the background, westbound empties glide downhill in dynamics through the beautiful Hawks Nest gorge. Photo taken at 10mm wide.

CSXT 845, a lone ES44AC spends the night in the Westward Siding as an impressive lightning storm stirs up trouble in the background.

Southbound black diamond loads pass over the Russell Fork River at Milepost 7 on the former Clinchfield main.

Fourteen minutes! This massive 150 car coal train took a total of fourteen minutes to make his way through the entire gorge at Hawks Nest, shortly after sunset. Notice the rushing water in the rig... (more)

Inspired by a photo from David Honan and the "star wars" effect shows the classic C&O pole signal at Indian displaying a rather odd and rare "double approach" indication as a heavy snow falls from... (more)

An eastbound coal train lights up the East End of Coal River Siding as he makes his journey up the Coal River.