Pushers push MTY's across Wolf Creek enroute up the Wolf Creek Branch for loading.

Making trains in Shelby Yard on a warm spring day in Eastern Kentucky.

"Alright, Let's Rawhide" says the engineer to the pusher, as its here where the pushers begin earning their keep on the former Clinchfield, and they won't let off til they enter the Sandy Ridge Tu... (more)

Slotted on the east end of Shelby Yard, awaiting crews for the trip south through the Breaks Gorge.

MTY's head back to Shelby Yard through Potter's Flat.

Pokey 'Boose, still used on a daily basis for back up moves.

MTY's roll through the Williamson floodwall and are about to enter Mingo Tunnel.

Former Conrail Dash 8 grinds its way up the Wolf Creek Branch passing one of the few remaining signals left from the N&W era on a snowy Friday the 13th.

18M rolls out of Williamson after a short snowstorm.

A rare C39-8E leads this coal drag through the tight curve known as Ought One.

CSX 114 tiptoes over Sproul Junction, where to the left it forks to the Little Coal River Sub through nearby Sproul Tunnel, and straight ahead by the dwarf signal it'll head up the Big Coal Sub.

Pusher on a grain train? I guess they need love too.. Caught in the Breaks Gorge.

U14 with caboose in tow rolls on the Buchanan Branch adjacent to the NS Pokey mainline to turn on the wye here, then roll back down the Pokey to couple to a coal drag.

After the Heartland Corridor curfew expires, an AR rolls through Tunnel 7 on its way to Williamson. Kudos to the "Godfather" for graciously letting me fan his domain...

95J, after an emergency stop at Lindsey, a malfunctioning signal light at Beech Creek, and a banner check beyond Devon, finally gets a green to roll to Williamson.