A Christmas Eve snowstorm produced some significant snowfall in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. My alarm went off at 0300 Saturday morning to drive down and see what kind of shots I could ge... (more)

CSX empty coal gons U173-01 rolls under the signals at Dawkins,KY along the Big Sandy Sub in eastern Kentucky.

A favorite ex-C&O spot on the Big Sandy is the crossovers at Dawkins, few miles south of Paintsville. Pretty easy spot to get into and shoot both directions. Here an eastbound empty coal train is ... (more)

Loaded coal train T444 passes under the C&O cantilevers at Dawkins on the Big Sandy Sub as it heads north to Russell for a fresh crew.

Under a full moon, the Dawkins cantilever signal stands guard over the railroad's Big Sandy Subdivision in rural eastern Kentucky.