A double-barrel coal train slides East through Alderson leading an Eastbound parade out of Hinton.

A pair of CSX AC4400s lead Eastbound grain train G619 through Alderson headed for Richmond.

The sun had just popped out at the end of an overcast day to highlight the DPU of an eastbound loaded CSX coal train as rolls past the Amtrak flag stop in Alderson, WV. It was one of those "... (more)

An eastbound coal drag travels eastbound though the small community of Alderson, WV on a fiery golden hour evening in early April of 2021.

CSXT #792 leads coal train T21122 east under the eastbound signals at Alderson, WV on the morning of May 22, 2021. Alderson was settled in 1777 by "Elder" John Alderson a frontier missio... (more)

A rather clean BNSF Dash 9 in war bonnet paint leads a CSX K train west through Alderson, Wv.

The times how they've changed... With the last rays of sun resting on the Appalachians, an eastbound unit grain train led by CSX SD40-2 No. 8315 struggles to maintain track speed on the beg... (more)

The evening cardinal has made it's stop at Alderson and starts to accelerates out of town.

Misery.

An empty hopper train rolls westbound by the C&O cantilever at Alderson. Next stop...Hinton

Westbound phosphate empties enroute to Blue Island, IL from Lee Creek, NC split the newly installed intermediate signals at Boiler House, westbound on CSX's Alleghany Subdivision east of Hinton.

A empty coal train heads for the mines of West Virginia for it's next load of coal.

This westbound coal empty has just passed thru AD Cabin at Alderson. This westbound empty is on the Alleghany Sub between Clifton Forge, VA, to Hinton, WV, on this ex-C&O territory. This train wil... (more)

Q303 waits for an Eastbound coal train on a frosty morning in Alderson.

Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal briefly pauses in downtown Alderson, observing its 'flag stop' before continuing east along the route of the C&O's George Washington. Fall colors are post peak at this ... (more)