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)

The sun has just came out from above the tree tops as the empty Cumberland mine train leans into the small curved bridge in Mapletown as it heads for the mine in Kirby.

The midnight shift crew heads back to the mine for another load of coal. The weekend crews are called Weekend Warriors due to the fact that they work 12 hours shifts and make 3 round trips from th... (more)

After about 4 hours the train has arrived back into Alicia with a fresh load of coal from the mine in Kirby and starts dumping the 38 car train. The train is loaded and unloaded by a belt pack rem... (more)

2 and a 1/2 hours after we left the mine we arrive back in Kirby for another load PA coal. Due to a recent discovery of Metallurgical coal this line might be seeing a increase in traffic in the ne... (more)

With the light fading and not having enough time to wait and see if the train would head back to the mine in Kirby after unloading i took about a mile hike back though the woods off to see if i co... (more)

Can you say Sucker hole?? Cumberland mine #1 is on the end of a mine shuttle unloading at the docks in Sigsbee as a very small sucker hole of light opens up.

Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 1 backs away from its train for a rare front-uncoupled shot at the company's barge loading facility on the Monongahela River. This railroad is isolated from any ot... (more)

The Cumberland Mine is operated by Alpha Natural Resources and according to their web site has an annual capacity of approximately 7 million clean tons. The coal is shipped 17 miles from the Cum... (more)

Former Yankeetown Dock SD38-2 22 leads the Cumberland Mine loaded coal shuttle eastbound at MP 10.5. Both units now wear a scheme similar to the one that US Steel, previous owers of the line, had... (more)

Despite being completely isolated from the national rail network, the Cumberland Mine's track is very well maintained. This train is taking advantage of that fact, cannon-balling along at about 50... (more)

1 backs its train from the Cumberland Mine into the rotary dumper at the company's barge loading facility on the Mon River. As soon as 1 completes this task, its back to the mine for another train... (more)

This former Yankeetown Dock locomotive has been repainted by its current owner. It's a retro paint scheme - just like the one used by US Steel but without the USS logo and Cumberland Mine letteri... (more)

Originally a US Steel property, the Cumberland Mine is now owned by Foundation Coal. According to their website, the mine shipped seven million tons of coal in 2005, making it one of the top deep... (more)