After swapping crews at the Dusty Road crossing near Democrat, mine run C842-02 passes the south end of Deane siding on CSX's E&BV Subdivision as they continue with half a train of Bluegrass loads... (more)

A Letcher County shot from last week.

Crossing Old Dixon Schoolhouse Road on the outskirts of Blackey.

An empty coal train rolls North past the Blair Branch Community of Isom on a gorgeous fall afternoon in Letcher County Kentucky.

The now idled Hogg Loadout on The CSX Whitesburg Branch at Roxana has seen better days. This loader is now owned by Kingdom Coal and hasn't loaded a train in over a year. The cars on the other tra... (more)

Coming around the bend through the small community of Letcher, Kentucky.

A day after being involved in a wreck due to a rock slide near Isom, CSX #61 sets on the siding at Blair Branch until another train or crew moves it away. This loco was still running at the time o... (more)

CSX 299 approaches M.P. 271 heading North along the Rockhouse Subdivision.

Another empty TILX train knocks down signal 2623 as it rolls through Ulvah Kentucky before crossing the Letcher and Perry County lines. This was a fantastic and warm spring day ta boot.

An empty coal train destined for Hazard passes through the curved Rockhouse Creek tunnel on former L&N track. The L&N built this section of track from Hazard out towards Deane, called the Rockho... (more)

Deep in the hollows of Letcher County, two EMD's rust away at the idled Golden Oak Coal prep plant. These units were called mine critters, which shoved hoppers under the loadout while loading coal... (more)

On a gorgeous Saturday morning, a empty hopper train passes over the Blair Branch crossing in the small mountain community of Isom.

CSX 256 with the SCL sticker on the side, pushes a loaded coal train through the Democrat tunnel on the way to Martin.

CSX C853-03 crosses the county line from Letcher into Knott County and stretches across the Deane Connection of the C&O and L&N railroads. It is seen here crossing Highway 7 with CSX 5107, the W.... (more)

For years, an Alco switcher, modified for remote control operation, sat alongside CSX's Rockhouse Sub in Letcher County, KY at the idle Enterprise loadout at Democrat. Now it is but a memory as i... (more)