At the Porter Siding in rural Lackey, Ky, a Loram ballast cleaner and it's crew call it quits for the day and tie down in the siding. Their long day on the E&BV concludes with the passing of C853-... (more)

CSX C853-03 crosses the county line from Letcher into Knott County and stretches across the Deane Connection of the C&O and L&N railroads. It is seen here crossing Highway 7 with CSX 5107, the W.... (more)

For years, an Alco switcher, modified for remote control operation, sat alongside CSX's Rockhouse Sub in Letcher County, KY at the idle Enterprise loadout at Democrat. Now it is but a memory as i... (more)

Nothing that a few good swipes with a hammer won't fix! After digging out this set of trucks the Corman crew reassembled the wheelset to place under one of the derailed hoppers. This location is... (more)

RJ Corman cranes position on the sides of the heavy loaded coal hopper to get it back on track following the derailment the previous day. CSX operates the prep plant here.

This car's front trucks broke free and derailed while the car continued forward. When the car finally fell and dug in, the trucks were in the middle of the car.

Five loaded coal cars went on the ground at the Sapphire prep plant near Whitesburg Sunday, apparently caused by a broken rail. DTI Energy of Detroit is the owner of the cars.

The switcher looks like former Canadian Pacific, even sporting CP-font numbers, but is former Union Pacific and is now part of NREX. Here, it is shuffling recently loaded hoppers in Coal Run Yard... (more)

The ghosts of the Shelby Yard night dance on the walkway of 820, as Q696 gets recrewed in front of the yard office.

A slew of westbounds and pushers line the tracks at the West End of Shelby Yard on a busy Friday afternoon.

Shelby may be empty right now, but it's been hopping all day with the reopening of the Kingsport Sub (former Clinchfield) following the week-long maintenance Jamboree. Number 53 is in charge of a... (more)

CSX C842-22 derailed in the Lothair Section of Hazard after loading at the Bluegrass No. 4 mine. 6 of the train's cars derailed with at least 4 ending up on their side. No one was injured this b... (more)

Extra South at the East End of Shelby Yard.

Fall colors provide the background for this NS eastbound crossing US 23 in Duffield, VA.