As the shadows of the hills creep in, Amtrak's Chicago-bound Cardinal departs its flagstop in Thurmond, deep in the New River Gorge, as seen from the Concho Rim Overlook.

A Rare Find! While waiting in Thurmond for one of the 1987 New River Trains to pass through, I photographed this box car sitting beside the Engine Shed. It wasn't until recently that I came across... (more)

The CSX OCS heads east through the sleepy forgotten town of Thurmond, Wv. after the sun has gone down behind the mountain for the day.

Before its later makeover, a somewhat neglected depot at Thurmond, West Virginia starts to shake as Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 thunders past.

Emissions from the stack of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 trail back over its train loaded with West Virginia coal. The westbound train is negotiating the S-curve approaching Thurmond, West Virginia... (more)

Big Steam in Big Snow

American Coal Enterprises’ data collection of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614’s performance occurred during most of the month of January, 1985. January in Wes... (more)

"Spring in the New River Gorge": A CSX manifest train passes through the sleepy railroad ghost town of Thurmond, WV on the afternoon of May 18, 2021. Taken from the Concho Rim Overlook o... (more)

"Spring in the New River Gorge": The rear DPU of a CSX manifest train turns north in the New River Gorge enroute for Charleston, WV on May 18, 2021. Taken from the Concho Rim Overlook, i... (more)

Birds fly high above Thurmond, WV on the afternoon of May 18, 2021 as CSX #144 proceeds past the coaling tower with coal loads bound for Norfolk, VA from RJ Corman Railroad Group's, former C&O, Lo... (more)

CSX rear DPU #3452 slides west past the Chesapeake & Ohio coaling tower in Thurmond, WV on the morning of May 18, 2021. Built by Fairbanks-Morse of Chicago, Illinois, this coaling tower was ab... (more)

"Milepost 4": CSX #144, at the breezy speed of 10 mph, leads a coal train north to Thurmond, WV on the afternoon of May 18, 2021 on RJ Corman Railroad Group's, former C&O, Loup Creek Bra... (more)

CSX #144 crawls across Thurmond Road with coal loads bound for interchange with CSX at Thurmond, WV on RJ Corman Railroad Group's, former C&O, Loup Creek Branch on May 18, 2021. Filled with bridge... (more)

CSX #3232 leads a westbound empty coal hopper train through Thurmond, WV on the spring morning of May 18, 2021. The town was founded by W.D. Thurmond in 1873 when the former Civil War Confederate ... (more)

CSX K898 rumbles east by the coaling tower in Thurmond, Wv with a pair of CN motors leading the way.

During the year that Back to the Future appeared on the silver screen, the town where time stood still had its own back to the future moment. Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 was back pulling co... (more)