A CSX EMD GP40-2/GP40-3 duo roll into the isolated Vaco Junction with the Gauley Trolley local having just swapped empties for loads at WV Manufacturing at nearby Alloy, W.Va. The South Cha... (more)

CSX's Gauley Trolley is returning to home rails after running across the Kanawha River over a part of the former Virginian Railway. Here, the train is backing down from Vaco Junction, creeping alo... (more)

CSXT GP40-2 No. 6141 reverses through a S curve, caboose-first, along the picturesque Vaco Branch on its 0.6-mile shove to the C&O main at Deepwater. The Vaco Branch is how the C&O gained access t... (more)

The conductor of CSX H701 is lining the VACO Jct. switch for the C&O side. Shortly, this 8-car local will reverse caboose-first down the steep Vaco Branch before returning to the CSXT main at Deep... (more)

After trading empties for loads, the South Charleston-based Gauley Trolley is headed back to the C&O at Deepwater, spanning a small Virginian-built trestle on its approach to VACO Junction,... (more)

Reversing across the Deepwater Bridge spanning the Kanawha River, CSX H701, the Gauley Trolley is caboose-first, enroute to WV Manufacturing with empty covered hoppers. In a span of 1 mile,... (more)

Built for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, this 46-year-old GP40-2 ascends the Vaco Branch from the C&O to the Virginian Railway main at Deepwater. The South Charleston-based local is operating on W... (more)

Departing Alloy yard limits and crossing the Kanawha River at Deepwater, NS-rebuilt GE AC44C6M No. 4181 leads over 12,000 tons of West Virginia coal into the Virginian's Deepwater Tunnel. It's an ... (more)

Kanawha River Railroad empties bound for Quincy cross the namesake river on the Deepwater Bridge (DB). This bridge was completed in 1931 allowing the Virginian Railway access into Charleston via ... (more)

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)

A 100-car Norfolk Southern coal train spans the Kanawha River at Deepwater on its way to Elmore Yard in Mullens, W.Va., from Alloy.

KN39 crosses the Kanawha River trestle at Deepwater, with the Jersey Central Heritage on point. This stretch, formerly the northern end of Norfolk Southern's Princeton-Deepwater District, was part... (more)

Loads from the New York Central W.Va. Secondary begin their journey along the Virginian's P-D District from Deepwater to Elmore under the lead power of three motors and two pushers.

After receiving a track authority between Deepwater and Maben along NS' former Virginian Princeton-Deepwater District, a loaded coal train with brand new unit hoppers in tow crosses the Kanawha Ri... (more)

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)