A double-barrel coal train grinds up Allegheny Mountain at Tuckahoe about to enter Allegheny Tunnel and crest over the top of the grade.

The sun lights up some quite nice fall color as a pair of GE AC4400s earn their keep lugging a loaded grain train up Allegheny Mountain approaching Tuckahoe.

A beautiful Fall morning in Tuckahoe, WV yields a photo of the Eastbound Cardinal rushing under the uniquely designed C&O cantilever that has now been removed.

A old dash8 leads struggling U211 East through Tuckahoe WV on a beautiful Fall day.

A helper shoves the back of a coal train during a light rain.

Another CSX coal drag muscles its way up the grade towards Alleghany Tunnel.

Running a few minutes late and just minutes out of the station stop at White Sulphur Springs, Amtrak 51 and 77 lead the eastbound Cardinal at Tuckahoe, WV.

Standing on a deer trail, watching two GE's do their best with 100 loads of coal near the top of Alleghany Mountain.

CSXT 5428 leans into a curve as it leads Q302 under the cantilever signals during a hard uphill climb in the early light.

The Eastbound Cardinal overtakes Q302 at the summit of Alleghany Mountain.

Eastbound coal approaches the Alleghany summit tunnel on the former Chesapeake and Ohio main

"The Spirit of West Virginia" is only a half-mile from cresting the grade at Alleghany. No pushers today, as 85 loads are no match for a pair of GE's on the .56% ruling grade.

A boring locomotive to those west of the Mississippi, but a welcome sight to a man whose been fed a steady diet of CSX blue and gray. A pair of Uncle Petes charge upgrade around the last big curv... (more)