With color just beginning to change in Hawks Nest, a westbound empty train for Russell negotiates the New River Gorge on an overcast fall like day.

The Eastbound Cardinal crosses the New River around the sharpest curve on the old C&O at 10 mph.

It's 6:18 am in the Hawks Nest Gorge as westbound coal empties work their way through Ansted and points west during a beautiful morning glow.

Good timing! It's a happening place in the New River Gorge and not only with tourists taking in the breataking views.. A westbound single stack Q139 wraps itself around the curves of the NRG as ea... (more)

In the last light of the evening, detoured CSX Q139 negotiates the New River Gorge.

It's a hazy evening in the NRG as eastbound Newport News bound export coal loads rumble through the Gorge in an impressive notch eight.

After spending nearly a week in the Iowa cornfields, I've returned to Appalachia and the New River Gorge. It's shortly after sunset and a westbound empty snakes it's way toward Russell.

On a hazy July night, a detoured CSX Q139 snakes through the NRG from the Hawks Nest State Park overlook.

Blue hour.. Amtrak's westbound Chicago bound Cardinal observes a 10MPH slow order over the Hawks Nest bridge.

On a beautiful summer morning, Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal glides through Hawks Nest and MA Cabin.

Full moon at Hawks Nest.. With some clouds associated with a storm front moving to the east, an eastbound streaks his way through the New River Gorge.

A different perspective at a familiar location.. Taken from 2,800 feet and out of the door of a BO-105 helicopter, a westbound empty grain train snakes through the New River Gorge at Hawks Nest.

The Conrail-painted C40-8W is a dying breed, and one of the remaining survivors leads manifest Q303 along the New River at Hawks Nest.

Peach Creek bound empties snake their way through the New River Gorge.

Observing a 10MPH slow order for the Hawks Nest bridge, CSX Q303 led by an increasingly rare Conrail painted Dash 8 prepare to cross over the New River as they wind their way through the New River... (more)