A soon to be helper unit drags the empty coal train forward so the head end power can attach.
Uneventful day in Peach Creek Yard...
C&O SD40 No. 7551 was assigned to the yard job, and was working momentarily in front of the old concrete coaling tower at Peach Creek Yard in Logan, WV on May 19, 1979.
The crew for an outbound mine run has just arrived and is checking over the power before heading out for a night of shifting coal cars. Units like GP30 No. 3044 were becoming more common in the c... (more)
C&O FD Cabin in Logan, WV was at the junction of the Logan and Island Creek Subdivisions. The image was taken on May 18, 1979.
Chesapeake and Ohio 2755 sits on display at Chief Logan State Park.
Plenty of power sits waiting on assignments into the coalfields.
This MTY coal train waits in the yard. It is to load at Buffalo Creek later after the curfew is lifted.
After many years of service in the coalfields, this Berkey, uh-hum, Kanawha rests in a state park near the Peach Creek Yard. A good friend who is an NS engineer told me that his Granddad, C&O Eng.... (more)
The coal market is bad right now but the coal is still moving thru the Peach Creek Yard for now.
Power for another coal drag idles away in the Peach Creek Yard. In the background is the old engine house and workshop.
Mandatory power in the coalfields, CSX 452 awaits service up one of the many branchlines surrounding Logan.
Extra power tied down in the yard at Peach Creek.
A mine run heads for the hills of Southern West Virginia.
