NS U20 backs up the Gilbert Branch to load at Alpha Natural Recources. Cabs like this are still common along the Pokey during mine runs like this.

The morning fog lays like a blanket over the Tug valley as three pushers help a loaded coal drag off the steep Gilbert Branch.

A new school foreign visitor passes an old school yard dog in the yard at Williamson.

The conductor tries to get the engineer to smile for the photo but nothing doing. With 90 deg. temps cooking the black engine with no A/C, there is not much to smile about today.

A little street running, Pokey style. The center of this intersection is smack dab in the middle of the Pocahontas Division mains.

First ECP problems and currently DPU trouble leaves these "hi-tech" machines sitting in the yard. Don't ya just love all this new technology!

The 2nd. shift yard trick gets the U08 a 100 or so cars ready for a mine run called at 6:30pm.

NS 17M makes its way west via the Glen Alum Tunnel.

17M stops in Williamson long enough to get a fresh crew.

17M passes thru the west end floodgates and enters Mingo Tunnel below.

The coaling tower at Prichard continues to stand proud as it is a reminder of when steam ruled the rails.

Now here's something you don't see everyday, an old Fairmont speeder still being used as a yard hopper by a class 1 railroad in 08.

NS 17M stops in Williamson for a crew change. The Heartland Corridor Project has eliminated the ID pools for now so crews change in Williamson and Bluefield. Notice the Fairmont A3 gangcar still i... (more)

Not much has changed at the CSX, Peach Creek Yard Office over the years. Sadly, a new CSX sign has covered the old Chessie one that stood there for years. For a view of the old sign, check out Pho... (more)

An old GE B36-7 has the weekend off and is being loved on by a moble CSX service crew while two big AC's wait for their turn.