Eastbound and down... After meeting a westbound just miles before as seen in THIS perspective, eastbound coal empti... (more)

Making several passes across main two in-between Pikes crossing and Big Sandy Jct., Loram's mainline rail grinder eases west from Brown Street towards Pikes, leaving behind a smoldering railhead. ... (more)

With Detroit Edison coal loads in tow, CSX N811 parades along the Big Sandy River, splitting a pair of oddball bracket mast signals housing C&O-style signals, westb... (more)

With three Dash 8's for power (the leader being an ex-Conrail unit) Cincinnati to Hamlet manifest Q698-05 begins their journey down the Big Sandy Subdivision towards their first stop at Shelbiana,... (more)

Rolling off the approach span of the Big Sandy River bridge in Catlettsburg, W020-03 is making all of 10 miles per hour (per timetable rules for the train) before speeding up and "meeting one... (more)

After stopping to let No. 93 go by they get the highball.

No. 192 begins the journey down the Big Sandy

No. 93 with 4193 passes a stop freight. BS Jct. still had a cabin operator at this time

Westbound Amtrak "Cardinal" train P051-05 with AMTK P42DC #1 on the point and the usual consist of new baggage car, two sleepers, diner, and 3 coaches, slows down to cross the Big Sandy ... (more)

Spring is springing as CSXT 376 sits tied down at the former C&O Depot in Catlettsburg.

With a fresh crew for the night run to Clifton Forge and points east, loads of Bakken crude oil race across the approach to the Big Sandy River bridge in Catlettsburg behind three BNSF units. Typ... (more)

After sitting in the yard in Huntington for the holiday season, the Loram switch grinder is back to work on the Huntington Division. After taking on water at Big Sandy Junction with the assistanc... (more)

Eastbound CSX empties diverge at Big Sandy Junction on this beautiful, cold March afternoon.

CSX unit grain train G656-29 sits tied down at the Big Sandy Holdout, aka Floodwall. With 30 minutes of time left, the crew is told to tie the train down, as Russell Yard was full and the tracks ... (more)