Again, we find ourselves deep in the hollows of Bell County, Kentucky along The Straight Creek Branch. Seen here is the Vall Loadout which is a part of Straight Creek Mining. As the story goes lik... (more)

Coal empties from Loyall roll railroad north on the CV Sub bound for loading at Resource Mine

Norfolk Southern job U55 crosses Knox Creek with loads from Consol as they briefly dip into Kentucky from Virginia before hitting the Pokey Mainline and go to Williamson,WV.

With blue skies overhead, R240 exits Pool Point Tunnel and eases by the vintage signals at the South End of Elkhorn with coal loads out of McClure bound for Shelby. Old signals, coal trains, and b... (more)

Rear DPU of an empty coal train is seen at the outskirts of Loyall Yard in the last rays of sunlight.

After meeting Eastbound Q653, westbound Q694 passes through RB Cabin with CSX 911, the specially painted Honoring First Responders engine, leading, viewed through the Walbridge Tunnel on the origi... (more)

Louisville & Nashville C420 1325 works in the yard in Corbin, Kentucky. The Alco started life as Monon 508.

Enroute to Shelby, a unit covered hopper train passes under the old US&S Tri-Lights at RB Cabin along the Big Sandy Subdivision.

Departing Russell, KY on a rainy Spring Afternoon. CSXT 7780 pulls on a unit train of Ethanol as the train travels to the West.

A GP38-2 leads a southbound at Corbin Ky.

The now abandoned Hamilton loader on The CSX Straight Creek Branch as of 2022. As seen here, the loader is the only thing that still stands without the belt line that once connected the facility. ... (more)

Westbound CSX Q694-18 passes through the Pikeville Cut Through just after sunrise with the CSX 911, the specially painted Honoring First Responders engine, in the lead.

The idled loader at Little Creek along The Left Fork Straight Creek Branch outside of Pineville, Ky.