Returning westbound towards Charleston, the 2013 New River Train rolls through the S-curve and under the veteran C&O cantilever in Prince, WV.

The New River train highballs west passing the Amtrak station at Prince on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Wintertime in the New River Gorge.. Westbound empties glide through downtown Prince, following the New River Gorge west toward Thurmond, Ansted, and Montgomery.

Eastbound coal loads roll through downtown Prince as patchy fog builds in the bottom of the New River Gorge. A mild overnight low temperature of 65 degrees and humidity have resulted in a foggy co... (more)

A mostly clear night and full moon shows the signal at Prince silently waiting for the next train.

Passing the well illuminated Prince Depot and its unique waiting area under the cover of darkness, eastbound coal loads grind upgrade through the New River Gorge, enroute to Hinton.

As three passengers disembark from Amtrak's Chicago destined Cardinal, Amtrak's Phase II heritage P42DC departs from Prince Station under the cover of darkness.

This eastbound coal train is working hard upgrade with 150 loads in tow. Here the train passes thru East Prince at MP 379. This coal train is on the New River Sub enroute to Hinton, WV, for the ne... (more)

Second hand passenger seats from the Washington DC Amtrak station have found there way into the Prince, West Virginia train station. A speeding CSX coal train can be seen passing the station.

A mine run from the yard at Quinnimont traverses the truss bridge over the New River with empty hoppers for a loader on the Piney Creek Subdivision... Typical with some branches in Appalachia this... (more)

Amtrak train #50 makes his was east through Stretchers Neck Tunnel in Prince.

The passenger station in Prince, West Virginia is unmistakable in its design. The station seems to standout from its surroundings while at the same time fitting in. The view is surprising when you... (more)

As three passengers wait to board Amtrak's westbound Cardinal for Chicago, an eastbound loaded coal drag struggles over the final of the three stiff grades along the New River Subdivision a... (more)

In near white out conditions the signal guards the main line at prince, as the red lights make for quite a beam.