On its knees, an eastbound loaded grain digs in for climb with only a mile to go before it reaches Elkhorn Tunnel.
Consecutively numbered PRR & NW Heritage Units 8102 & 8103 shown earning their keep on the Pokey as pushers, seen here on the "infamous" Elkhorn Grade passing under the old N&W signals. Grade is v... (more)
SD70ACE grinds up the Elkhorn Grade and passes under the still standing N&W signals (albeit crooked) on a beautiful fall afternoon in the hilss of southern West Virginia.
Hanging in there like a hair in a biscuit, these AC units appear to be earning their keep performing pusher duty on the western side of the infamous Elkhorn Grade in Southern West Virginia. The gr... (more)
Charging up Elkhorn Grade at the crossovers at East Maybeury.
NS 8114 and NS 8001 shoves hard on the rear of train 758 as the train enters 1 1/2 mile long Elkhorn Tunnel in Maybeury, WV in the late afternoon.
A Westbound manifest crosses the large bridge in Maybeury.
NS 8056 & NS 8099 shove hard on the rear of 826 through Maybeury, WV as a cloud of sand can be seen around the motors.
On a Hot August Afternoon, AC Pusher Power ducks into the west portal of Elkhorn Tunnel, still adorned with the massive tunnel ventilator shroud from the days of N&W Steam.
Looking huge and imposing, the not often seen Maybeury signals stand guard. They are not long for this world and living on borrowed time after standing guard since the early 50's. They were erecte... (more)
In the last light of day, AC power pushes a coal drag through the west portal of Elkhorn Tunnel under the still standing N & W vintage signal bridge.
Norfolk Southern 7640 breaks the morning silence as it rushes west out of the Elkhorn Tunnel on the Pocahontas Division near Maybeury, West Virginia.
High hood SD40-2 No. 3280 leads an eastbound unit coal train upgrade east of Maybeury, WV on May 16, 1994.
NS C40-8 No. 8707, on a westbound light helper, was bursting out of Elkhorn Tunnel and into a sliver of sunlight on May 16, 1994.
With a heavy rain adding to the misery of the deep snow, a westbound glides downhill out of Elkhorn Tunnel on the Pokey.
