As fall colors approach their peak for the 2012 season, an eastbound coal drag passes the Hawks Nest Dam, struggling upgrade over wet, leaf covered rail through the scenic New River Gorge. It's a ... (more)

A CSX coal train weaves along the east bank of the New River on a gorgeous summer day.

Downgrade with empties, a pair of SD70AC's operate at a track speed of 30MPH in dynamic braking. Destined for the coalfields of Southern West Virginia the empties will later return east with loads... (more)

Catching the last of the evening light, before shadows dominate the New River Valley, westbound X139 hugs the banks of the New River, westbound through the Gorge near Hawks Nest.

Crossing the New River at Hawks Nest, the 2012 Collis P. Huntington New River Train hugs the banks of the New River, on its late afternoon excursion from Hinton to Huntington. The 2012 consist inc... (more)

On an overcast October evening in the New River Gorge, the hottest train on the C&O , westbound Q135 crosses the New River at Hawks Nest with its single stack container train in tow. Colors are cl... (more)

Crossing over the New River at the bottom of the Gorge in Hawks Nest, CSX manifest freight Q303 makes a daylight trip west from Hinton to Russell.

Complying with the 10mph slow order over the New River at Hawks Nest, CSX Q303 with a recently rebuilt SD40-3 from CSX's Huntington Locomotive Shops leads the short, eight car consist.

In the early morning hours a CSX coal train creeps along the New River as the sun's rising light just starts to fall into this West Virginia hollar.

An empty coal train passes through Hawks Nest in the very last evening light. The bridge was entirely shadowed before the train was passed.

Amtrak's westbound Cardinal snakes through Hawks Nest during the last of 'blue hour' light. The Cardinal won't see daylight again under sunrise over Indiana on its commute to Chicago.

Railroading in the New River Gorge... Westbound mixed freight, Q303 observes a 10mph slow order as it crosses the C&O bridge at Hawks Nest, transitioning over from the east to the west banks of th... (more)

A different perspective at a familiar location.. While a few tourists take in the sights of the New River Gorge, a westbound empty snakes through Hawks Nest enroute to the coalfields of Southern W... (more)

The View from Hawks Nest. Eastbound Grain G247 snakes through the New River Gorge below the iconic Hawks Nest Overlook.

Westbound empties negotiate the New River Gorge through Hawks Nest. For a view of this location in the summer, click here.