After waiting for 11M to clear the Bellevue interlocking 287 starts a chain of trains moving. In the background 31V and 261 wait their turns to proceed.

218 pulls its loads up the hill and through the countryside not far south of Bellevue

148 rolls east out of one of the most intricate tunnels on the whole Pocahontas Division.

The ghost train of Glen Alum.

853 drags its cloud of smoke east out of Tunnel 1 with it as drags empties back to Williamson from Sandusky, OH

After dropping one of its locomotives for J14 to pick up 147 proceeds west out of the shadows towards Columbus.

A little bit of Pokey tunnel history in one spot with the 2 Tunnel 7's. 18M hustles east with it's loads out of the "new" 1926 Tunnel 7. To its right is the original 1905 tunnel abandoned since 19... (more)

Deep on the pocahontas division at Glen Alum a loaded coal train off the Gilbert Branch slowly heads west toward Glen Alum while the 3rd 148 of the day heads east immuminating the tunnel bore in t... (more)

Here comes the MOW parade!

All the tracks are filled on this beautiful August morning with S91 headed west toward Williamson with hoppers for the TVA and 274 headed east toward Winston Salem, NC. In all my visits to this lo... (more)

The story of the Pokey. Coal loads down, empties up. 764 heads east with loads while U21 pulls clear of the Hull interlocking with caboose in tow.

764 heads east past historic downtown Matewan with coal loads destined for Roanoke, VA.

In the very last light of the day U18 slowly backs up the Delorme branch caboose leading toward Jamboree where it will load.

834 heads east toward Roanoke, VA past the NW CPL signals at Delorme