CSXT K411 passes by the Amtrak station in a cloudy Thurmond, Wv.

At one of few places that nearly the entire consist of the mile long Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Blue Unit Circus Train can be seen, Kanawha River Railroad crew KN-35B roll across the Kan... (more)

Leading the "Red Unit" of the Ringling Brothers Circus train. CSX 5343 heads east along the former Virginian Railway as it passes by one of several coal load outs located on the line.

Under the cover of darkness, a unique "Push and Pull" Eccles, WV bound empty hopper train works past the iconic C&O Station at Prince. This will be the first coal train to run through R... (more)

A view from above as CSX SD50 #8616 leads work train W043 through Thurmond, WV at the end of the work day.

CSX Local H707 shoves north over Norfolk Southern's former Virginian Kanawha River bridge with a GP40-2 and a rebuilt GP30 Road Slug. Since the CSX main runs along the south bank of the river, the... (more)

A tour boat floats downstream as a long line of empties snakes down the New River and across the bridge at Hawks Nest.

This westbound Q-train had alot of power issues today at Clifton Forge so an extra unit was added for the trip west towards Baltimore, OH. Here the train pops out of the Ft. Springs tunnel which i... (more)

The H875 crew is slowing to stop at Handley and will tie the train down. The crew brought the train down off the Cabin Creek Sub and a new crew will take it on east.

A mine run from the yard at Quinnimont traverses the truss bridge over the New River with empty hoppers for a loader on the Piney Creek Subdivision... Typical with some branches in Appalachia this... (more)

Westbound coal empties pass under the C&O cantilever signal at Tuckahoe, the first C&O signal trains are greeted with upon arriving into West Virginia from the east. The signal was replaced and sc... (more)

Crossing the river at Sewell. The New River Gorge is known for its beauty, and whitewater rafting.

CSX local sits on the backside of the old NYC station at Gauley Bridge waiting for a Conrail coal train to clear before heading out on CR trackage to switch industries on north side Kanawha River.... (more)

CSX's Sewell Valley Shifter eases downgrade past Meadow Creek Falls with 34 loads of coal to drop off in the small yard at Meadow Creek, West Virginia, junction with the New River Subdivision main... (more)

The Mt. Hope coal job heads west crossing the New River on a bridge shared with autos. Between the River chugging underneath and the coal cars bopping along side, the driver in the car must be hav... (more)