Wild 'N Wonderful West Virginia... Heavy rains have just pushed to east, allowing an evening sunset and low level fog to greet Chicago-bound passengers on Amtrak's westbound Cardinal No. 51 as it ... (more)

Summertime surprises... An eastbound coal train continues east toward Hinton after meeting two westbounds in St. Albans as remnants of a detonating thunderstorm collide with the low evening sun an... (more)

At 2:55 am local time, a trio of Norfolk Southern AC units run as light power to Farm to assist an eastbound coal drag across the ex-Norfolk & Western Elkhorn grade. As thick fog builds across Eas... (more)

Summer nights in the New River Gorge... With the milky way overhead, eastbound export coal loads slice through the darkness at Claremont along CSX's New River mainline in southern West Virginia. T... (more)

Kanawha River Railroad GP39-2 No. 3901 hangs out in Nitro as a summer thunderstorm rolls across the Kanawha Valley, leaving behind flash flooding and quite a lightning show.

After heavy rains earlier in the night, a full moon illuminates the N&W-built coaling tower at Farm as an eastbound grain train waits for a relief crew and pusher set before continuing its journey... (more)

About as far away from the CSX mainline as you can get in the backwoods of southern West Virginia, an empty coal train led by CSXT 3133 navigates sharp curves, thick fog, and tight clearances thro... (more)

A DPU-equipped grain and loaded coal train illuminates a tied down ethanol train at the east end of Handley Yard. Soon, the 200+ car train will begin its assault on New River, while the ethanol tr... (more)

CSX Q693 has nearly completed its crew run across CSX's ex-C&O Big Sandy Subdivision as it silhouettes the leaning C&O cantilever signal at FO Cabin shortly after sunset on June 1.

With three empty hoppers for the Western Maryland interchange at Spruce, Cass Shay No. 11 navigates low clouds and fog as it traverses the Cass connecting track between Leatherbark Jct. and Old Sp... (more)

Enroute to the Western Maryland interchange at Spruce with coal empties for Harper Mine, Shay No. 11 eases by the Old Water Tank, climbing in elevation through dense fog and light rain in this spr... (more)

During its first run of the 2018 season, Heisler No. 6 leads the Durbin Rocket into Durbin as heavy rain showers drift across Cheat Mountain in this early spring view.

Norfolk Southern C40-9W No. 9247 leads an autorack train north across the famed High Bridge trestle on NS' CNO&TP 1st District in beautiful rural Kentucky.

An Amtrak Acela Express transit heads for New York Penn Station from Washington Union Station as it spans the Susquehanna River at Perryville, Md., at sunset.

Four ex-Norfolk Southern EMD SD60s bring up the rear of a 96-car coal train on its way to NS at Elmore Yard. The train has just finished its run across the Kanawha River Railroad's Mullens Subdivi... (more)