NKP 765 is backing past the coaling tower toward her train at the Hinton Station. She was turned on the wye and serviced at Meadow Creek 12 miles to the west. This was standard procedure after the... (more)

Double Lucky

Some kid in Hinton, West Virginia had the perfect situation for a very young railfan. Not only could he watch the heavy traffic on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line from... (more)

A passenger has stayed aboard the Autumn Colors Express as he observes Amtrak 822 slowly backing east to couple onto the Cedar Rapids.

Motive power for the inaugural Autumn Colors Express, the successor to the New River Train, runs around the 21-car consist on Main 2 during the layover at Hinton, WV. Two heritage-schemed P42DC's ... (more)

With a BNSF "fake bonnet" and a Ferromex unit second, CSXT K488-23 heads west through Hinton, Wv after a quick crew change.

With a fresh crew on board, U201 continues it's journey west in Hinton, Wv under the first sun of the day.

614T and a Chessie B30-7 face off in Hinton West Virginia.

An east bound load enters the yard at Hinton. The mixed bag lash up was typical of the C&O/Chessie operations in the area. The switch stand, yard shanty, and glass insulator telegraph poles lend ... (more)

After successfully coupling the train, obtaining three-step protection, and with the blue flag protection down, private car owner Borden Black steps out on her platform to give a 'two thumbs up' a... (more)

Retired Amtrak conductor Dennis Gleason signs a fresh brown egg after the successful coupling of three Amtrak P42DCs into the west end of the 30-car New River Train. The egg tradition was started ... (more)

Three Amtrak heritage P42DCs run around their 30-car passenger consist on the C&O main in Hinton during the 2017 New River Train excursions.

CSX crews swap out at Hinton's 'Tool Car' before continuing west to Huntington. In the background, the Collis P. Huntington's annual New River Train sits in front of the crew base after de-boardin... (more)

An Amtrak mechanic steps down from Amtrak Phase III heritage P42DC No. 145 as a pair of KCS-run through Southern Belles arrive in Hinton, W.Va., on main two. In a railroad town predominantly in CS... (more)

The three Amtrak heritage units that pulled the last round of the 51st annual New River Train into Hinton are coupled back on to the Georgia RR's "Dearing" after running around during th... (more)

The final run of the 2017 New River Train Excursions slows down for the first of two station stops at Hinton, West Virginia on the iconic C&O mainline. The first stop will allow the front half of... (more)