A TOFC train rounds the curve through the town of Matewan.
All the tracks are filled on this beautiful August morning with S91 headed west toward Williamson with hoppers for the TVA and 274 headed east toward Winston Salem, NC. In all my visits to this lo... (more)
764 heads east past historic downtown Matewan with coal loads destined for Roanoke, VA.
I converted this shot to B&W. It was more fitting than a color shot with the old F units and the depot replica.
Shuffling eastward in early morning light, autorack 184 bursts into WV, with the middle section in KY and the rear still in WV.
This well worn Dash 8 exits one of the twin Hatfield tunnels near Matewan and crosses the bridge back into WV after briefly passing thru Pike County KY.
Having just left a little slice of Pike County, KY, fast freight 18M hits WV soil again and the first rays of early morning sun in the Tug Fork Valley.
NS 218 hustles past the old restored Matewan depot on a cool April night.
Timed freight 274 enters downtown Matewan between the huge floodwalls erected around the low lying city.
All's quiet in Matewan except for the noise of this transfer job heading east with a string of empty hoppers.
At dusk, an eastbound freight streaks past the handsomely restored depot at Matewan.
18M exits Hatfield Tunnel, heading east in a sea of Fall colors on this early Oct. morning. Moments before, the fog was so thick the tunnels were barely visible.
