Pushers returning light roll west towards Farm and pass a row of houses that have seen better days...

Fall is in the air, as a set of coal drags await pushers under a leg (or two) of the old N&W coaling tower still standing at Farm.

The "infamous" Elkhorn Grade (which is very apparent here) has this old warrior down to a crawl on a beautiful fall afternoon along the Pokey in southern West Virginia. Next up, Coaldale... (more)

Pushers roll light under the soon to be replaced N&W signal bridge near Elhorn Tunnel. Fall colors are starting to emerge...

Late evening run with an interesting leader on the point of an oil train headed east through Southern West Virginia today. Catch'em while you can...

Coal rolls through the little community of Draffin on the former C&O, deep in the hollows of Eastern Kentucky. Next up, the former Clinchfield...

Hardest working crew on the Pokey today brings a coal drag off the Gilbert Branch and awaits a green signal at Beech Creek WV. Lots of older, foreign power has shown up on the Poke of late...

Hardest working crew on the Pokey today brings a coal drag off the Gilbert Branch and through Glen Alum Tunnel (which appears to be incurring remedial work). After dropping this train, same crew p... (more)

DC power stretches it out under both signal towers at War Eagle. This was the scene of a slide earlier this year that shut down the main line, an always present danger among the high rock outcropp... (more)

Heavy duty power lets its presence be known after some gooberhead disregards the crossing gates and ignores all warnings in order to arrive at his destination a little earlier.

1st return trip of the day finds SOU 630 crossing Knox Creek on the Kentucky/Virginia line amid some spring color...

Southern 630 rolls over Knox Creek and County Route 2059, which is actually built on the old ROW of the original narrow gauge Big Sandy & Cumberland RR. The railroad was founded and built by Ritte... (more)

Last train of the day shown here after exiting Devon Tunnel and heading back to Virginia and Weller Yard at Grundy. Hope everyone had a great time, and appreciate NS making it happen (one more tim... (more)

Spur of the moment decision finds us sitting in the middle of nowhere in the hills of Appalachia, in some of the most beautiful country there is, listening to the frogs trying to drown out the bir... (more)

Bee Rock Tunnel frames the defunct Westmoreland transloading facility along with the abandoned ROW of the former L&N Cumberland Valley Division main line near Appalachia Va.