A pair of CSX loco's easily handle this train through the middle of Thurmond WV and under the classic C&O signals. This scene has played out for over 100 years and soon the C&O signals will give ... (more)
On a beautiful June day these two RJ Corman loco's sit silently at the RJ Corman office waiting for their next assignment. Both loco’s are SD40T-2's. The 8569 is an EX-Southern Pacific # 8569 an... (more)
The morning Cardinal running late slows to check for passengers at Thurmond.
Trackside view of the remaining hardware on the 1922 Farbanks Morse C&O coaling tower in Thurmond.
Loaded coal drag passes the old C&O Coaling tower in Thurmond.
Concrete milepost 391 along the CSX New River Subdivision in Thurmond, West Virginia has seen many snowfalls and many, many tons of coal pass by. The coaling tower in the background is scheduled t... (more)
RJ Corman took control of this CSX powered coal train at Thurmond, West Virginia. The train will then power upgrade along Loup Creek to the Pax coal loadout.
The sleepy town of Thurmond is interrupted as an empty train of grain hoppers rumble through. One of the C&O's busiest coal producing terminals once existed here along with the dozens of men and w... (more)
CSX 5006 hauls empty coal hoppers up grade along Loup Creek to the Pax, West Virginia coal loadout right after a fresh snow flurry covered the area. This train will stop outside of Mt. Hope and ad... (more)
The Chesapeake and Ohio signal still stands as the snow falls on what may be it's last winter.
CPH's New River Train makes his way West through Thurmond on a late Fall afternoon on his way back to Huntington.
Two RJ Corman tunnel motors spend the night parked by the yard office on the Loup Creek line.
CSX 324 heads up grade from the New River Gorge on their way to the loadout in Pax, West Virginia.
Amtrak 156, Phase I Heritage, passes through the historic coal mining town of Thurmond, West Virginia.
A westbound coal train passes under the signal at Thurmond.