I know, I know, I'm wearing the Glen Alum Tunnel photos out. It's a sentimental thing. I grew up around this tunnel and the Heartland Corridor Project is going to change it soon.
This small yard, if you can call it that is the meeting point of the P-D and Pocahontas Divisions. A P-D crew will get the train after being dropped off by a Pokey crew.
A coal train shakes the ground as it puts the power to the rails along the Pokey.
A pusher man get the new AC power ready to go work under the old coaling tower at Iaeger W.Va.
Big power resting in the Auville yard today. The tower looks out of place in 09 but glad to see it hanging around after all these years.
194 rounds the bend before entering the Glen Alum Tunnel
Safe from the torch for now. The CPL directs traffic along the Pokey as it has for many decades.
A Sunday cruise along the Pokey with plenty of power. I know it is a dash 9. I forgot to change it b4 I subbed the pic.
A small snow blankets the Tug Valley this morning as two coal trains wait their turn to leave the yard.
A freight train passes thru the yard at Williamson.
A train breaks the still of the night along the remote badlands of the Pokey as the old N&W CPL's stand guard.
A close up of an old N&W CPL in action as a train changes the signal from green to red.
Shot from the North side of the West portal of Glen Alum Tunnel. The Heartland Corridor Project will soon change the area forever.
A coal train stops at CP, Moore for a crew change.
A stack train rolls thru the East TN countryside with plenty of power.