A loaded coal train has stopped at Flat Top Yard near Nemours to cutoff helpers and make a pickup in the yard. This train has done the hard climbing to Elkhorn Tunnel and is now on it's downhill t... (more)
An empty coal train has just turned the corner at Ought One from the Pocahontas Mainline onto the Buchanan Branch. This train was 1 of 4 trains that came and went on the branch here at Ought One i... (more)
A southobund coal train is now on the downhill side of the grade south of Berwind. The has just exited Dry Fork Tunnel #4 near MP 40 on the Dry Fork Branch. This job has J61 helpers on the rear wi... (more)
With 3 GE's on the head end and 3 GE's on the rear end this coal train is working hard up the grade south of Pax. In a couple miles things wouldn't go as well as this train would get a knuckle . T... (more)
A quick shower has everything steaming up due to the warm ground. A westbound coal empty rolls thru the East end of Hull a few miles west of Ieager right after a small downpour.
A southbound coal train near the end of their run as they approach Williamson. The train is passing a double set of CPL signals a few miles north of town. NS has been replacing these old classic s... (more)
A westbound empty autorack train blast west towards Ft. Wayne, IN, on the NS Fostoria District. This lone C40 has the hammer down as this train makes good time West of Leipsic on the flat countrys... (more)
GOT CORN SYRUP? This local switcher has several loads that need to be placed at the local Cola plant here in downtown Roanoke. Of course, the mtys need to be set out first.
After dropping down the mountain, we arrive at ALTO Tower on No. 2 Track.
On the fifth coal hopper and seventy three to go, the engineer eases along as coal pours thru the loadout chute.
Snow, wind and cold. A westbound freight creeps out of the western portal of the Allegheny Tunnel, greeted by snow covered tracks. With the wind whipping, I was surprised I was able to keep the ... (more)
A view from the "office" reveals the beauty after an ice storm had blanketed the Central PA area..
