A new AC set gets serviced before heading west to farm to act as pushers while some older units rest for the weekend.

What has now become part of the scenic landscape in rural West Virginia, rests the once famous N&W Bluestone Branch. This coal branchline was N&W's answer to the Virginian Railways tapping into th... (more)

A coal drag with two new AC's on the lead come off the Gilbert Branch Wye and onto the Pokey main. The train had two helpers on the rear to help hold it back.

Diesel smoke and coal dust rolls off of a WB coal drag.

NS 186 exits the newly modified Tunnel 3.

NS 233 passes the new signals at Cedar. A glimpse of the once infamous CWC can be seen to the right. In it's "hey-day", It could see as many as 20 customers a night. Regular RP.Net contributors, B... (more)

Two standard cabs work hard to pull at least 100 loaded coal cars upgade along the Pokey. They crawled to Iaeger before needing a push.

The words on the water tower says it all. "Matewan" N&W help build this town and NS continues to fuel the local economy. This historic town along the Tug River is full of history. The Matewan Mass... (more)

NS 233 exits the newly modified bore of one of the Hatfield Tunnels, crosses the Tug Fork River and back into W.Va. The trains front and rear are in W.Va and the middle is in KY. This is the only ... (more)

The snow has got the rails slick and the trackmobile is trying its hardest to move the loaded coal cars. The experienced operator, Curt Lester got them moving in the nick of time. He knows if he d... (more)

Heading out of town to the "holler" to load more black gold.

First time I've seen the sun in a month. I took advantage of this and had lunch trackside today and was rewarded with this ex-Conrail unit in the consist.

Loads sit in the yard that came off the P-D via the old Virginian route. Here, Pocahontas District crews will pick them up and take them west.

In a scene that defines the modern day Pokey, new AC pushers shoves hard on a coal drag under the classic sigs and into the ElkhornTunnel. The freezing sleet made for a tuff push up the grade but ... (more)

With all the floodloaders around, it was nice to catch this trackmobile loading the old way still.