With the rear or head end of the train at the loadout now, CMYX shoves slowly on the rear of the empties as coal is loaded for another trip east.

It's early on a January morning with a light dusting of snow on the ground as Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 22 begins the process of loading its coal train by shoving the cars towards the loader... (more)

After spending the morning loading cars with coal from the underground mine in Kirby, the Cumberland Mine Railroad is on the move east through Garards Fort, Pennsylvania, and passes along a rock c... (more)

With two cars left to be loaded, Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 22 shoves on the cut and slowly pushes it underneath the loader at Iron Senergy's Cumberland Coal Resources Mine in Kirby, Pennsylv... (more)

After spending the morning loading cars with coal from the underground mine in Kirby, the Cumberland Mine Railroad is on the move east through Whiteley Township, Pennsylvania, crossing the bridge ... (more)

The seldom-shot Cumberland Mine coal shuttle heads back into the mine at Kirby to load up their train with coal. This 17 mile railroad, completely isolated from the national rail network, was deve... (more)

The Cumberland Mine is seen heading back to the mine at Mt Morris Road.

Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 22 shoves on the rear of an empty Cumberland Mine coal train as the train heads back to the mine from the company's barge loading facility on the Monongahela River.... (more)

Alicia, PA 7/11/12 - Cumberland Mine Railroad's SD-38-2 CMYX 22 has 38 loaded coal hoppers in tow as it enters the unloading shed at Alicia Harbor, on the east end of the railroad's 18 mile line b... (more)

Alicia, PA 7/11/12 - The day is almost over for the work of Cumberland Mine Railroad's SD-38-2 CMYX 22. Paired with sister unit CMYX 1 which is tied onto the end of this 38 car coal train, the two... (more)

Alicia, PA 7/11/12 - In the twilight hours of a hazy summer evening, the headlight of Cumberland Mine Railroad SD-38-2 CMYX 22 pierces the growing darkness and illuninates the trees along its 18 m... (more)

Empties heading back to Kirby

Cumberland Mine, which is actually in Kirby PA, empties head back to the mines to load up on that black gold, and then bring it back to the Mon River for unloading onto barges. The cold weather h... (more)

The empty CMYX train has just rolled across bridge 2 and starts into the S-curve.

With the train emptied at the dock the empties return west past the large rock cut outside of Mapletown. Extremely large icicles line the rock cut from end to end and also feature a small waterfal... (more)