Running over 2 hours late due to severe weather in the New River valley, the westbound Cardinal accelerates from their fuel stop on the Passenger Main in Russell Yard heading for their next destin... (more)

Last of the breed on the Kanawha Subdivision.

When they say "break a leg" they didn't mean literally!"

With the conductor back on board, 61 loaded steel slab cars from the AK Steel Ashland Works begin their ni... (more)

Milder temperatures along the Ohio River have resulted in foggy conditions as power idles at CSX's Russell Yard in eastern Kentucky. A pair of motors are easing off the pad, illuminating a pair of... (more)

Railroading never sleeps in Russell Classified as one of the largest terminals on the former C&O mainline, Russell Yard builds multiple freight, coal, and work trains each day, as well as s... (more)

Easing into N.C. Cabin on a medium approach signal, eastbound CSX Y206 will soon cross over to the railroad's former Lexington Sub. with loaded waste in tow. The train is currently passing Ashland... (more)

Four different locomotive models and two manufactures are represented at Russell's servicing facility on a cold January night. From left to right, a GE C40-8, GE ES44DC, EMD SD60M, and EMD SD70AC ... (more)

Silhouetted by the headlight of local Y206-07 coming off the Lexington Branch, the endangered C&O signal bridge at NC Cabin stands guard for another frigid January night as Russell-Middletown slab... (more)

Eastbound with another cut of loaded trash hoppers from the Northeast, CSX local Y206-15 passes under the last remaining C&O signal bridge on the Kanawha Subdivision between Russell and Montgomery... (more)

Once a very busy junction at the meeting point of the Ashland Freight Main, the Ashland Passenger Main, and the C&O Lexington Subdivision, the C&O era signal bridge still stands guard for trains o... (more)

Today's Huntington-Russell local heads back into Russell Yard with CSX 4421 running long hood forward up the Old Yard Lead, passing the dwarf signal coming off the River Lead eastbound.

Fairly rare anywhere these were regulars here, from the days when C&O bought them.

A quintet of four-axle rebuilds have just emerged from CSX's Huntington Locomotive shops and have traveled dead-in-tow to the railroad's Russell terminal for distribution into revenue service. The... (more)

Working the hump . Though everything says Chessie we are well into CSX running the show.

A Russell to Huntington turn glides by C&O's RU Cabin that once guided trains through the impressive interlocking protecting the east end of the Russell Terminal. Today, the tower still greets eac... (more)